AAP announces 31 more candidates for Punjab Assembly elections. (Img: X)
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) on Thursday released its second list of 31 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, naming two MPs and four women candidates.
Two MPs, Raj Kumar Chabbewal and Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, will contest from Phagwara and Barnala.
Agriculture Minister Gurdeep Singh Khudian has been replaced in Lambi by his nephew Randhir Singh Dhira.
The Aam Aadmi Party hereby announces the following candidates for the Punjab Legislative Assembly Elections, 2027. https://t.co/14cQpqt6pV
— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) November 12, 2026
Four women candidates have been named in the second list. Saravjit Kaur Manuke will contest from Jagraon; former Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Vaninider kaur Lombo from Shutrana, Sonia Mann from Rajasansi and Harjot Kaur Lohtia from Phillaur.
The names were cleared after the consultations at the party's Political Affairs Committee held in Delhi today. Chief Minister Bhabwant Mann was present at the meeting, which was presided over by AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal.
With this, the number of candidates named by the AAP has risen to 71. The first list of 40 candidates was announced on October 31.
It may be recalled that in the first list, CM Bhagwant Mann was named from Dhuri seat, while Speaker Kultar Sandhwan was fielded from Kotkapura.
