Punjab polls: AAP announces first list of 40 candidates, Bhagwant Mann to contest from Dhuri
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The ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab announced its first list of 40 candidates for the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in February 2027.
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The party fielded Chief Minister Bhagwat Mann from his Dhuri constituency, while state Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora, who has been in jail in connection with an alleged money laundering case, was renominated from Ludhiana West.
The term of the 117-member Punjab Assembly ends on March 16, 2027. In the 2022 polls, the Aam Aadmi Party swept the state by winning 92 seats. The Congress had clinched 18 constituencies, while the Shiromani Akali Dal got three.
Apart from Mann and Arora, the Aam Aadmi Party also renominated Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan, who would contest from Kotkapura.
AAP’s Punjab unit president Aman Arora was not on the first list released, while working president Amansher Singh was nominated from Batala.
Of the 40 candidates, five have been named from Majha, eight from Doaba, and 27 from Malwa region.
While Malwa has 69 of Punjab’s 117 Assembly seats, Majha has 25 and Doaba has 23 seats.
The first list included four women candidates, including Amandeep Kaur Arora, the head of the party’s women’s wing in Punjab. She will contest from Moga. Inderjit Kaur Mann will contest from Nakodar, Santosh Kataria from Balachaur and Baljinder...