Chandigarh, October 31: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced its first list of 40 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will seek re-election from Dhuri, while jailed minister Sanjeev Arora has been fielded from Ludhiana West.
The candidates were finalised at a meeting of the party’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC) on Saturday. The meeting was held at the residence of AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi and was attended by Kejriwal, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, party’s Punjab in-charge Manish Sisodia, Finance Minister Harpal Cheema and other PAC members.
Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan has been nominated from Kotkapura. Several other ministers have also been named, including Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Ajnala, Balkar Singh from Kartarpur, Jai Krishan Singh Rouri from Garhshankar, Kulwant Singh from S.A.S. Nagar and Labh Singh Ugoke from Bhadaur.
Other candidates include Amandeep Kaur Arora from Moga, Amansher Singh (Shery Kalsi) from Batala, Inderbir Singh Nijjar from Amritsar South, Harmeet Singh Sandhu from Tarn Taran, Sarvan Singh Dhun from Khem Karan, Inderjit Kaur Mann from Nakodar, Karambir Singh Ghuman from Dasuya and Jasvir Singh Raja Gill from Urmar.
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the candidates were selected based on public surveys and positive responses from voters. AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia congratulated the candidates and urged them to reach out to people and address their concerns.
In the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections, AAP won 92 of the state’s 117 seats. The current term of the Punjab Assembly ends on March 16, 2027, with elections expected around February-March next year.
