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AAP names 40 candidates for Punjab polls 2027
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Economic Times1 hour agoPolitics1 min readIndia

AAP names 40 candidates for Punjab polls 2027

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to contest from Dhuri, Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan from Kotkapura.

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  • The Aam Aadmi Party has announced 40 candidates for the upcoming 2027 Punjab Assembly elections.
  • Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will contest from Dhuri.

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The 117-member Punjab Assembly is scheduled to go to polls in early 2027.

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Aam Aadmi Party has announced 40 candidates for the upcoming Punjab Assembly elections scheduled for 2027. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will contest from Dhuri, while Kultar Singh Sandhwan will run from Kotkapura. This early announcement allows candidates to establish themselves in their constituencies. Notable candidates include Finance Minister Harpal Singh and Sanjeev Arora from Ludhiana West. The Election Commission has yet to announce the election schedule.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced 40 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, naming Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann from Dhuri and state Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan from Kotkapura.

The list includes candidates for constituencies across Punjab, including Batala, Amritsar South, Ludhiana East, Jalandhar West, Moga and Patiala.

The announcement marks as AAP's prepares for the next Assembly elections, due in early 2027.

Among other prominent names in the list are Finance Minister Harpal Singh, Sanjeev Arora from Ludhiana West, Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Ajnala, and Jai Krishan Singh Rouri from Garhshankar.

The 117-member Punjab Assembly is due to go to polls in early 2027, with the Election Commission yet to announce the schedule.

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AAP's full list of 40 candidates for Punjab Assembly elections 2027

No.Assembly constituencyCandidate1BatalaAmansher Singh (Shery Kalsi)2AjnalaKuldeep Singh Dhaliwal3Amritsar SouthDr Inderbir Singh Nijjar4Tarn TaranHarmeet Singh Sandhu5Khem KaranSarvan Singh Dhun6NakodarInderjit Kaur Mann7KartarpurBalkar Singh8DasuyaKarambir Singh Ghuman9UrmarJasvir Singh Raja Gill10HoshiarpurBram Shanker Sharma Jimpa11ChabbewalIshank Kumar Chabbewal12GarhshankarJai Krishan Singh Rouri13BalachaurSantosh Kataria14RupnagarDinesh Chadha15S.A.S. NagarKulwant Singh16Fatehgarh SahibLakhbir Singh Rai17AmlohGurinder Singh Garry Warring18SamralaJagtar Singh Diyalpura19Ludhiana EastDaljit Singh Grewal Bhola20Atam NagarKulwant Singh Sidhu21Ludhiana CentralAshok Prashar Pappi22Ludhiana WestSanjeev Arora23Ludhiana NorthChaudhary Madan Lal Bagga24PayalManwinder Singh Giaspura25Nihal Singh WalaManjit Singh Bilaspur26Bhaga PuranaAmritpal Singh Sukhanand27MogaDr Amandeep Kaur Arora28DharamkotDevinder Jeet Singh Laddi Dhos29JalalabadJagdeep Kamboj Goldy30FazilkaNarinderpal Singh Sawna31MuktsarJagdeep Singh Kaka Brar32KotkapuraKultar Singh Sandhwan33JaituAmolak Singh34Talwandi SaboBaljinder Kaur35SardulgarhGurpreet Singh Banawali36BhadourLabh Singh Ugoke37Mehal KalanKulwant Singh Pandori38AmargarhJaswant Singh Gajjan Majra39DhuriBhagwant Mann40PatialaAjitpal Singh Kohli

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  • Election Commission to announce Punjab Assembly poll schedule

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This article was originally published by Economic Times.

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