Punjab Election 2027: Aam Aadmi Party releases its first list of 40 candidates, Bhagwant Mann to contest from Dhuri, Sanjeev Arora to receive ticket from Ludhiana West.

31 OCTOBER Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has intensified its election preparations for the Punjab Legislative Assembly elections 2027. The party released its first list of 40 candidates on 31 October 2026. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has been nominated again from the Dhuri assembly seat, while the assembly speaker Kuldeep Singh Sandhwan will contest from Kotkapura. The list gives several existing legislators and ministers another opportunity.

All 40 candidates in AAP's first list

The party announced candidate names for 40 seats out of Punjab's 117 assembly seats in its first list. The complete list is as follows:

| No. | Assembly Seat | Candidate Name |
|-----|----------------|----------------|
| 1 | Batala | Amansher Singh (Sheeri Kalsi) |
| 2 | Ajalana | Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal |
| 3 | Amritsar South | Dr. Inderbir Singh Nizzar |
| 4 | Tarn Taran | Harmeet Singh Sandhu |
| 5 | Khemkarn | Sarvan Singh Dhun |
| 6 | Nakodar | Inderjit Kaur Mann |
| 7 | Kartarpur | Balakhar Singh |
| 8 | Dasuha | Karambir Singh Ghumman |
| 9 | Umar | Jasveer Singh Raja Gill |
| 10 | Hoshiarpur | Brahm Shankar Sharma (Jimba) |
| 11 | Chabbewal | Ishank Kumar Chabbewal |
| 12 | Garhshankar | Jai Krishna Singh Raudi |
| 13 | Balachaur | Santosh Katraja |
| 14 | Rupnagar | Dinesh Chadha |
| 15 | S. A. S. Nagar (Mohali) | Kulwant Singh |
| 16 | Fatehgarh Sahib | Lakhbir Singh Rai |
| 17 | Amloh | Gurinder Singh Gari Wading |
| 18 | Samrala | Jagatarr Singh Diyalpur |
| 19 | Ludhiana East | Daljeet Singh Grewal (Bholi) |
| 20 | Atma Nagar | Kulwant Singh Sidhu |
| 21 | Ludhiana Central | Ashok Parasher (Pappi) |
| 22 | Ludhiana West | Sanjeev Arora |
| 23 | Ludhiana North | Chaudhary Madan Lal Bagga |
| 24 | Payal | Manvinder Singh Gyaspara |
| 25 | Nihal Singh Wala | Manjit Singh Bilaspur |
| 26 | Baghpurana | Amritpal Singh Sukhanand |
| 27 | Moga | Dr. Amandeep Kaur Arora |
| 28 | Dhermkoat | Devinder Jeet Singh Ladi Dhos |
| 29 | Jalalabad | Jagdeep Kamboj Goldi |
| 30 | Fazilka | Narendrapal Singh Savana |
| 31 | Muktsar | Jagdeep Singh Kaka Barad |
| 32 | Kotkapura | Kuldeep Singh Sandhwan |
| 33 | Jaito | Amolak Singh |
| 34 | Talwandi Sabo | Baljeet Kaur |
| 35 | Sarudulgah | Gurpreet Singh Banawali |
| 36 | Bhadaur | Labh Singh Ugoke |
| 37 | Mahal Kalan | Kulwant Singh Pandori |
| 38 | Amargar | Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra |
| 39 | Dhuri | Bhagwant Mann |
| 40 | Patiala | Ajitpal