Punjab Assembly polls: AAP releases second list of candidates

The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday (November 12, 2026) released its second list of thirty one candidates in Punjab for the upcoming Assembly election, due in early 2027.

Two sitting AAP Lok Sabha MPs will enter the fray: Raj Kumar Chabbewal from Phagwara and Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer from Barnala.

The names were finalised after detailed deliberations with all members at a marathon meeting of the party’s Political Affairs Committee (PAC), chaired by AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, said a party statement.

The AAP has replaced Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian with his nephew Randhir Singh Dhira in Lambi. The party has also brought new faces as it replaced sitting MLAs in six other constituencies.

The party has made Karamjit Singh Rintu as its candidate from Amritsar North, following its sitting MLA Kunwar Vijay Pratap’s recent resignation. In Jalandhar Central, Nitin Kohli has been named in place of Raman Arora and in Bathinda, Gopal Singh replaces Amit Rattan. In Patti constituency, Jassa Patti takes over from Laljit Bhullar while in Chamkaur Sahib, Jasvir Singh Garhi has been fielded instead of Dr Charanjit Channi.

The party made Parminder Singh Goldy as its candidate in Kharar replacing Anmol Gagan Maan. In Shutrana, former Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Varinder Kaur Loomba has been replaces with Kulwant Singh Bazigar.

On October 31, AAP released its first list of 40 candidates, all of them sitting legislators. There are 117 Assembly seats in Punjab and the five-year term of the Assembly ends on March 16, 2027. The AAP registered a landslide victory by winning 92 seats in the 2022 Assembly polls.