Assembly elections are elections that are held to elect members of a legislative assembly. The legislative assembly is a group of people who meet regularly to make decisions or laws for a particular region or state. The difference between assembly elections and general elections is that assembly elections are held to elect members of the state legislative assembly, while general elections are held to elect members of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament.

In India, members of the state legislative assembly are elected directly by voting from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies. Every adult citizen of India can vote only in their constituency. Candidates who win the state legislative assembly elections are called Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) and hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the Governor. The total strength of each assembly depends on each state, mostly based on size and population. Similar to the Lok Sabha elections, the leader of the majority party/alliance takes oath as Chief Minister of the State.

In other countries, such as Slovenia, assembly elections are held to elect members of the National Assembly. Citizens elect the Deputies of the National Assembly on the basis of universal and equal suffrage in a direct, general, and secret ballot. Deputies, except for the ... The selection of candidates (and the candidacy procedure) takes place mainly within the political parties. The will of the party members and support by the voters or the Deputies must be observed. The Act also permits the lists of candidates to be proposed by the voters themselves. The latter vote on individual candidates on the lists of candidates by individual electoral districts.

In the United States, assembly elections are held at the state level to elect members of the state legislature. For example, the California State Assembly has a Committee on Elections that is responsible for overseeing elections, campaign finance, the California Political Reform Act, and redistricting procedures.

Overall, assembly elections are an important part of the democratic process, allowing citizens to elect representatives who will make decisions and laws on their behalf.