Makum Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies in the Assam Legislative Assembly, created as a new seat in the 2023 delimitation exercise. It is located in Tinsukia district in upper Assam and falls under the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha segment. Makum is part of Assam's northeastern oil and tea belt, bordering Arunachal Pradesh, with communities tied to oil installations, tea gardens, and border trade.
The main political parties in Assam include the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Bodoland People's Front (BPF), United People's Party Liberal (UPPL), and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
As a newly created constituency, Makum does not carry a direct 2021 result. The 2021 MLA for Tinsukia — BJP's Sanjoy Kishan — now contests Makum for BJP in 2026, underscoring the geographic link between the new seat and the former Tinsukia constituency. The 2021 Tinsukia result saw BJP win with 85,857 votes and a landslide margin of 70,797 votes. Congress fields Sibanath Chetia — who was the 2021 INC candidate in Digboi — for Makum in 2026.
The 2026 Assam Assembly elections will test Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's BJP-led government, which swept to power with a comfortable majority in 2021. With the opposition Congress-AIUDF combine seeking to consolidate anti-incumbency sentiment, every constituency will be a crucial battleground in deciding whether the state returns a second consecutive BJP government.