AAP banks on sitting MLAs in first list, names 40 candidates for 2027 Punjab polls; CM Mann to contest from Dhuri

AAP releases first candidate list for 2027 Punjab elections, Bhagwant Mann fielded from Dhuri

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The Aam Aadmi Party released its first list of candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, with chief minister Bhagwant Mann contesting from Dhuri.

AAP's list includes several incumbent MLAs who have been fielded from the assembly constituencies they already represent. This includes Mann, who won Dhuri in 2022 by a margin of over 58,000 votes.

Other such candidates include Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar, who has been fielded from Amritsar South, Harmeet Singh Sandhu from Tarn Taran, Balkar Singh from Kartarpur, Bram Shankar Sharma Jimpa from Hoshiarpur and Ashok Prashar Pappi from Ludhiana Central.

Mann had earlier said that AAP's first list would be announced on Saturday after a meeting of the party’s political affairs committee (PAC). “We have been declaring our candidates ahead of other parties in the past. We will follow the practice this time as well,” he told reporters in Delhi after a meeting with AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab affairs in-charge Manish Sisodia.

AAP's first list for Punjab Assembly elections

Here are the candidates in AAP's first list for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections:

1. Amansher Singh (Shery Kalsi) - Batala
2. Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal - Ajnala
3. Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar - Amritsar South
4. Harmeet Singh Sandhu - Tarn Taran
5. Sarvan Singh Dhun - Khem Karan
6. Inderjit Kaur Mann - Nakodar
7. Balkar Singh - Kartarpur
8. Karambir Singh Ghuman - Dasuya
9. Jasvir Singh Raja Gill - Urmar
10. Bram Shanker Sharma Jimpa - Hoshiarpur
11. Ishank Kumar Chabbewal - Chabbewal
12. Jai Krishan Singh Rouri - Garhshankar
13. Santosh Kataria - Balachaur
14. Dinesh Chadha - Rupnagar
15. Kulwant Singh - S.A.S. Nagar
16. Lakhbir Singh Rai - Fatehgarh Sahib
17. Jagtar Singh Diyalpura - Samrala
18. Daljit Singh Grewal Bhola - Ludhiana East
19. Kulwant Singh Sidhu - Atam Nagar
20. Ashok Prashar Pappi - Ludhiana Central
21. Sanjeev Arora - Ludhiana West
22. Chaudhary Madan Lal Bagga - Ludhiana North
23. Manwinder Singh Giaspura - Payal
24. Manjit Singh Bilaspur - Nihal Singh Wala
25. Amritpal Singh Sukhanand - Bhagha Purana
26. Dr. Amandeep Kaur Arora - Moga
27. Devinder Jeet Singh Laddi Dhos - Dharamkot
28. Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy - Jalalabad
29. Narinderpal Singh Sawna - Fazilka
30. Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar - Muktsar
31. Kultar Singh Sandhwan - Kotkapura
32. Amolak Singh - Jaitu
33. Baljinder Kaur - Talwandi Sabo
34. Gurpreet Singh Banawali - Sardulgarh
35. Labh Singh Ugoke - Bhadaur
36. Kulwant Singh Pandori - Mehal Kalan
37. Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra - Amargarh
38. Bhagwant Mann - Dhuri
39. Ajitpal Singh Kohli - Patiala

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