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Punjab Elections 2027: AAP releases second list of 31 candidates, drops 8 sitting MLAs

hellohimachalse@gmail.com 12 Nov 2026 30 min ago

Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday released its second list of 31 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections. The candidates’ names were approved at a meeting of the party’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC) held in Delhi.

Earlier, the party had announced 40 candidates in its first list. So far, the AAP has announced candidates for 71 of the 117 Assembly seats in Punjab. Two Members of Parliament (MPs) have been denied tickets for the Assembly elections, while eight incumbent MLAs have also been dropped.

AAP denies ticket to Gurmeet Singh Khuddian

The party has announced candidates for 21 constituencies that it lost in the previous election. Punjab Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian has been denied a ticket from the Lambi Assembly constituency. Instead, the party has fielded his nephew, Randhir Singh Dhira, from the seat.

Sangrur MP Gurmeet Singh has been fielded from the Barnala Assembly constituency. He had previously served as an MLA from the same constituency before being shifted by the party to the Sangrur Lok Sabha by-election, which he won, becoming an MP. Raj Kumar Chabbewal is the Aam Aadmi Party’s MP from Hoshiarpur.

Actress Sonia Mann fielded from Rajasansi constituency in Amritsar

Actress Sonia Mann has been fielded as the AAP candidate from the Rajasansi constituency in Amritsar, a seat traditionally held by prominent Congress leader and former minister Sukh Sarkaria.

Dr Charanjit Singh, who defeated former Chief Minister and Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi in the Chamkaur Sahib constituency of Ropar district in the last Assembly election, has been denied a ticket. He has been replaced by Jasbir Singh Garhi, a Dalit leader who serves as the AAP’s Assembly in-charge for the constituency.

Amit Rattan Kotfatta, the incumbent AAP MLA from Bathinda Rural, has also been denied a ticket. The party has named Gopal Singh as his replacement. Amit Rattan is the brother-in-law of Y. Puran Kumar, a senior Haryana IPS officer who died by suicide in Chandigarh.

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