AAP Releases First List For 2027 Punjab Assembly Polls, Bhagwant Mann To Fight From Dhuri

On October 31, 2026, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab announced its first list of 40 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections scheduled for early next year. Notably, all the candidates on the list are sitting MLAs.

Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the party's chief, will seek re-election from the Dhuri constituency in Sangrur district. The Punjab Assembly's term ends on March 16, 2027, marking the conclusion of the current political landscape.

The 2022 elections saw the AAP achieve a historic landslide victory, winning 92 out of 117 seats. However, Congress remains cautious as they anticipate the 2027 Assembly election, with storm clouds lingering over the Punjab party unit.

Among the prominent names in the list are Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan, who will contest from Kotkapura; Minister Sanjeev Arora, currently in jail on a money laundering allegation, who has been named the party candidate from Ludhiana West; Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal from Ajnala; Inderbir Singh Nijjar from Amritsar South; Kulwant Singh from SAS Nagar; and Brham Shankar Sharma "Jimpa" from Hoshiarpur.