Malwa, Doaba or Majha: Which Punjab region got the most tickets in AAP’s first list?

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced its first list of 40 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, with the Malwa region receiving the largest share of nominations.

Of the 40 candidates announced, 26 belong to constituencies in Malwa, eight in Doaba, five in Majha and one in Puadh. Punjab has a total of 117 Assembly constituencies, of which 69 fall in Malwa, 25 in Majha and 23 in Doaba.

Malwa: 26 candidates out of 69 seats

SAS Nagar – Kulwant Singh; Fatehgarh Sahib – Lakhbir Singh Rai; Amloh – Gurinder Singh Garry Birring; Samrala – Jagtar Singh Diyalpura; Ludhiana East – Daljit Singh Grewal (Bhola); Atam Nagar – Kulwant Singh Sidhu; Ludhiana Central – Ashok Prashar (Pappi); Ludhiana West – Sanjeev Arora; Ludhiana North – Chaudhary Madan Lal Bagga; Payal – Manwinder Singh Giaspura; Nihal Singh Wala – Manjit Singh Bilaspur; Bhagha Purana – Amritpal Singh Sukhanand; Moga – Dr Amandeep Kaur Arora; Dharamkot – Devinder Jeet Singh Laddi Dhos; Jalalabad – Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy; Fazilka – Narinderpal Singh Sawna; Muktsar – Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar; Kotkapura – Kultar Singh Sandhwan; Jaitu – Amolak Singh; Talwandi Sabo – Baljinder Kaur; Sardulgarh – Gurpreet Singh Banawali; Bhadaur – Labh Singh Ugoke; Mehal Kalan – Kulwant Singh Pandori; Amargarh – Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra; Dhuri – Bhagwant Mann; Patiala – Ajit Pal Singh Kohli.

Doaba: 8 candidates out of 23 seats

Nakodar – Inderjit Kaur Mann; Kartarpur – Balkar Singh; Dasuya – Karamvir Singh Ghuman; Urmar – Jasvir Singh Raja Gill; Hoshiarpur – Bram Shanker Sharma Jimpa; Chabbewal – Ishank Kumar Chabbewal; Garhshankar – Jai Krishan Singh Rouri; Balachaur – Santosh Kumari Kataria.

Majha: 5 candidates out of 25 seats

Batala – Amansher Singh (Shery Kalsi); Ajnala – Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal; Amritsar South – Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar; Tarn Taran – Harmeet Singh Sandhu; Khem Karan – Sarvan Singh Dhun.

Puadh: 1 candidate

Rupnagar – Dinesh Chadha.

The first list accounts for 40 of Punjab’s 117 Assembly constituencies, leaving 77 seats for which the party is yet to announce candidates. Malwa has the highest number of constituencies in the state and also has the largest number of candidates in AAP’s first list.