The Aam Aadmi Party Punjab or AAP Punjab is the Punjab state wing of the Aam Aadmi Party and a recognised State party in Punjab. Currently, it is the governing party in the Punjab Legislative Assembly and has significant representation of the state in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.
The AAP fielded 434 candidates in the 2014 Indian general election. In its debut in Punjab, four AAP candidates from Punjab won the election out of 13. Consequently, the AAP became a recognised state party in Punjab.
In the 2017 Punjab assembly election, the party formed an alliance with the Lok Insaaf Party giving it five seats. No CM candidate was declared before the elections. This AAP Alliance won 22 seats in total, two of which were won by the Lok Insaaf Party. AAP won 20 seats in the Punjab Assembly in its debut in the 2017 Punjab elections.
The AAP contested on all 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election and won 92 seats, giving it a large majority. AAP MP Bhagwant Mann became the Chief Minister of Punjab.
2022 Rajya Sabha election
Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, IIT professor Sandeep Pathak, educationist Ashok Kumar Mittal, industrialist Sanjeev Arora and Delhi MLA Raghav Chadha were nominated by AAP for a six year term in Rajya Sabha starting 2022. Six of its seven Rajya Sabha members joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2026..
2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election In January 2021 Arvind Kejriwal announced that AAP would be contesting in 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. Raghav Chadha was appointed AAP Punjab co-in-charge for the Punjab election. On 18 January 2022 Bhagwant Mann was chosen as AAP's candidate for the post of Chief Minister of Punjab for the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. The selection was done by polling from the public. AAP did not have any alliance partner in this election.
In March 2021, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal held a Kisaan Mahapanchayat at Bagha Purana in Moga district and began campaigning for elections. On 28 June 2021, Kejriwal announced in a speech in Chandigarh that 300 units of free electricity would be provided to all Punjabis if the party wins the election. On 30 September 2021, Kejriwal also announced that if AAP wins the election, his government would build Mohalla Clinics in Punjab that would provide free healthcare facilities. On 22 November 2021, Arvind Kejriwal announced that if AAP wins Punjab then 1,000 rupees will be given to every women above 18 years of age. In the 2022 elections AAP registered a landslide victory. AAP contested on all 117 seats in the 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election and won 92 seats, giving it a large majority. AAP MP Bhagwant Mann became the CM of Punjab.
Candidates CM candidate Bhagwant Mann contested from the Dhuri Assembly Constituency. Below is the full list of AAP candidates with the successful candidates marked in blue. District No.ConstituencyAAP Candidate Pathankot 1Sujanpur Amit Singh Manto 2Bhoa Lal Chand Kataruchakk 3Pathankot Vibhuti Sharma Gurdaspur 4Gurdaspur Raman Bahel 5Dina Nagar Shamsher Singh 6Qadian Jagroop Singh Shekhwan 7Batala Amansher Singh (Shery Kalsi) 8Sri Hargobindpur Amarpal Singh 9Fatehgarh Churian Balbir Singh Pannu 10Dera Baba Nanak Gurdeep Singh RandhawaAmritsar 11Ajnala Kuldeep Dingh Dhaliwal 12Rajasansi Baldev Singh Meadian 13Majitha Sukhjinder Singh Lalli Majithia 14Jandiala Guru Harbhajan Singh E.T.O. 15Amritsar North Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh 16Amritsar West Dr Jasbir Singh 17Amritsar Central Ajay Gupta 18Amritsar East Jeevanjot Kaur 19Amritsar South Dr. Inderbir Singh Nijjar 20Attari ADC Jaswinder Singh Tarn Taran 21Tarn Taran Kashmir Singh Sohal 22Khem Karan Sarwan Singh Dhun 23Patti Laljit Singh Bhullar 24 Khadoor Sahib Manjinder Singh Lalpura 25Baba Bakala Dalbir Singh Tong Kapurthala 26Bholath Ranjeet Singh Rana 27Kapurthala Manju Rana 28Sultanpur Lodhi Sajjan Singh Cheema 29Phagwara Joginder Singh Maan Jalandhar 30Phillaur Prem Kumar 31Nakodar Inderjit Kaur Mann 32Shahkot Rattan Singh Kakarkalan 33Kartarpur DCP Balkar Singh 34Jalandhar West Sheetal Angural 35Jalandhar Central Raman Arora 36Jalandhar North Dinesh Dhal 37Jalandhar Cantonment Surinder Singh Sodhi 38Adampur Jeet Lal Bhaati Hoshiarpur 39Mukerian Gurdhian Singh Multani 40Dasuya Karamvir Singh Ghumman 41Urmar Jasvir Singh Raja Gill 42Sham Chaurasi Dr. Ravjot Singh 43Hoshiarpur Pandit Brahm Shankar Jimpa 44Chabbewal Harminder Singh Sandhu 45GarhshankarJai Kishan Singh RoriS.B.S Nagar 46Banga Kuljit Singh Sarghal 47.Nawan Shahr Lalit Mohan Pathak 48.Balachaur Santosh KatariaRupnagar 49Anandpur Sahib Harjot Singh Bains50Rupnagar Dinesh Chadha 51Chamkaur sahib Dr Charanjit SinghS.A.S Nagar 52.Kharar Anmol Gagan Mann 53.S.A.S. NagarKulwant SinghFatehgarh 54.Bassi Pathana Rupinder Singh Happy 55.Fatehgarh Sahib Lakhbir Singh Rai 56. Amloh Gurinder SinghLudhiana 57.Khanna Tarunpreet Singh Sondh 58.Samrala Jagtar Singh 59.Sahnewal Hardeep Singh Mundian 60.Ludhiana East Daljit Singh Grewal 61.Ludhiana South Rajinder Pal Kaur Chhina 62.Atam Nagar Kulwant Singh Sidhu 63.Ludhiana Central Ashok Prashar (Pappi) 64.Ludhiana West Gurpreet Singh Gogi 65.Ludhiana North Madan Lal Bagga 66.Gill Jiwan Singh Sangowal 67.Payal Manwinder Singh Gyaspura 68.Dakha KNS Kang 69.Raikot Hakam Singh Thekedar 70.JagraonSaravjit Kaur ManukeMoga 71.Nihal Singh Wala Manjit Singh Bilaspur 72.Bhagha Purana Amritpal Singh Sukhanand 73.Moga Dr. Amandeep Kaur Arora 74.Dharamkot Devinder Singh Laddi DhosFerozpur 75.Zira Naresh Kataria 76.Firozpur City Ranbir Bhullar 77.Firozpur Rural Rajnish Dahiya 78.Guru Har Sahai Fauja Singh SrariFazilka 79.Jalalabad Jagdeep 'Goldy' Kamboj 80.Fazilka Narinderpal Singh Sawna 81.Abohar Deep Kamboj 82.Balluana Amandeep Singh ‘Goldy’ MusafirSri Muktsar Sahib 83.Lambi Gurmeet Singh Khudian 84.Gidderbaha Preetpal Sharma 85.Malout Dr. Baljit Kaur 86.Muktsar Jagdeep Singh BrarFaridkot 87.Faridkot Gurdit Singh Sekhon 88.Kotkapura Kultar Singh Sandhwan 89.Jaitu Amolak SinghBathinda 90.Rampura Phul Balkar Singh Sidhu 91.Bhucho Mandi Master Jagsir Singh 92.Bathinda Urban Jagroop Singh Gill 93.Bathinda Rural Amit Rattan Kotfatta 94.Talwandi SaboBaljinder Kaur 95.Maur Sukhvir Maiser KhanaMansa 96.Mansa Vijay Singla 97.Sardulgarh Gurpreet Singh Banawali 98.Budhlada Budhram SinghSangrur 99.Lehragaga Barinder Kumar Goyal 100.DirbaHarpal Singh Cheema 101.SunamAman AroraBarnala 102.Bhadaur Labh Singh Ugoke 103.BarnalaGurmeet Singh Hayer 104.Mehal KalanKulwant Singh PandoriMalerkotla 105.Malerkotla Dr Mohd. Zamil-Ur-Rehman 106.Amargarh Jaswant Singh GajjanmajraSangrur 107.DhuriBhagwant Singh Mann 108.Sangrur Narinder Kaur BharajPatiala 109.Nabha Gurdev Singh Dev Mann 110.Patiala Rural Dr. Balbir Singh 111.Rajpura Neena MittalS.A.S Nagar 112. Dera Bassi Kuljit Singh RandhawaPatiala 113.Ghanaur Gurlal Ghanaur 114.Sanour Harmeet Singh Pathanmajra 115.Patiala Ajitpal Singh Kohli 116.Samana Chetan Singh Jormajra 117.Shutrana Kulwant Singh Bazigar
Leader in Legislative Houses House Leader Portrait Elected constituency Constituency StatePunjab Legislative AssemblyBhagwant MannDhuriPunjab
2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election In December 2015, Aam Aadmi Party declared that it would contest the 2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election. AAP which did not participate in the 2012 assembly election, but had fought 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Their 2014 General election performance translates to 33 assembly seats out of 117.
Alliance Partners In the 2017 Punjab assembly election, the party formed a coalition with the Lok Insaaf Party and gave it five seats to contest. No CM candidate was declared before the elections. This alliance was called the AAP Alliance and was represented on news channels as AAP+. The alliance won 22 seats in total, two of which were won by the Lok Insaaf Party. AAP won 20 seats in the Punjab Assembly in its debut in the 2017 Punjab elections. In March 2018, the Lok Insaaf Party broke the coalition due to differences.
List of winning candidates and runner up candidates DistrictAC No.ConstituencyWinnerPartyVotesRunners-upPartyVotesMarginSource: Election Commission of India Amritsar district 19Amritsar SouthInderbir Singh BolariaINC47581Inderbir Singh NijjarAAP2492322658Tarn Taran district25Baba Bakala (SC)Santokh SinghINC45965Dalbir Singh TongAAP393786587Kapurthala district26BholathSukhpal Singh KhairaAAP48873Yuvraj Bhupinder SinghSAD406718202Jalandhar district31NakodarGurpratap Singh WadalaSAD56241Sarwan Singh HayerAAP3783418407Hoshiarpur district42Sham Chaurasi (SC)Pawan Kumar AdiaINC46612Dr. Ravjot SinghAAP42797381545GarhshankarJai KrishanAAP41720Surinder Singh HeerSAD400701650Nawanshahr District46Banga (SC)Sukhwinder KumarSAD45256Harjot Singh BainsAAP433631893Rupnagar district50RupnagarAmarjit Singh SandoaAAP58994Brinder Singh DhillonINC352872370751Chamkaur Sahib (SC)Charanjit Singh ChanniINC61060Charanjit SinghAAP4875212308Mohali district52KhararKanwar SandhuAAP54171Jagmohan Singh KangINC52159201253S.A.S.NagarBalbir Singh SidhuINC66844Narinder SinghAAP3897127873Fatehgarh Sahib district54Bassi Pathana (SC)Gurpreet SinghINC47319Santokh SinghAAP3727310046Ludhiana district57KhannaGurkirat Singh KotliINC55690Anil Dutt PhallyAAP350992059158SamralaAmrik Singh DhillonINC51930Sarbans Singh MankiAAP409251100560Ludhiana EastSanjeev TalwarINC43010Daljit Singh Grewal (Bhola)AAP41429158161Ludhiana SouthBalvinder Singh BainsLIP53955Bhupinder Singh SidhuINC230383091762Atam NagarSimarjeet Singh BainsLIP53421Kamal Jit Singh KarwalINC365081691364Ludhiana WestBharat Bhushan AshuINC66627Ahbaab Singh GrewalAAP301063652166Gill (SC)Kuldeep Singh VaidINC67927Jiwan Singh SangowalAAP59286864167Payal (SC)Lakhvir Singh LakhaINC57776Gurpreet Singh LapranAAP362802149668DakhaHarvinder Singh PhoolkaAAP58923Manpreet Singh AyaliSAD54754416969Raikot (SC)Jagtar Singh Jagga HissowalAAP48245Amar SinghINC376311061470Jagraon (SC)Saravjit Kaur ManukeAAP61521Malkit Singh DakhaINC3594525576Moga district71Nihal Singhwala (SC)Manjit SinghAAP67313Rajwinder KaurINC397392757472Bhagha PuranaDarshan Singh BrarINC48668Gurbinder Singh KangAAP41418725073MogaHarjot Kamal SinghINC52357Ramesh GroverAAP505931764 Fazilka district79JalalabadSukhbir Singh BadalSAD75271Bhagwant MannAAP5677118500Faridkot district87FaridkotKusaldeep Singh Kiki DhillonINC51026Gurdit Singh SekhonAAP393671165988KotkapuraKultar Singh SandhwanAAP47401Bhai Harnirpal Singh KukkuINC373261007589Jaitu (SC)Baldev SinghAAP45344Mohammad SadiqueINC353519993Bathinda district91Bhucho Mandi (SC)Pritam Singh KotbhaiINC51605Jagsir SinghAAP5096064592Bathinda UrbanManpreet Singh BadalINC63942Deepak BansalAAP454621848093Bathinda Rural (SC)Rupinder Kaur RubyAAP51572Er. Amit Rattan KotfattaSAD407941077894Talwandi SaboProf. Baljinder KaurAAP54553Khushbaz Singh JatanaINC352601929395MaurJagdev SinghAAP62282Janmeja Singh SekhonSAD4760514677Mansa district96MansaNazar Singh ManshahiaAAP70586Manoj BalaINC501172046998Budhalada (SC)Budh RamAAP52265Ranjit Kaur BhattiINC509891276Sangrur district100Dirba (SC)Harpal Singh CheemaAAP46434Ajaib Singh RatolanINC447891645101SunamAman AroraAAP72815Gobind Singh LongowalSAD4250830307Barnala district102Bhadaur (SC)Pirmal Singh DhaulaAAP57095Sant Balvir Singh GhunasSAD3631120784103BarnalaGurmeet Singh Meet HaherAAP47606Kewal Singh DhillonINC451742432104Mehal Kalan (SC)Kulwant Singh PandoriAAP57551Ajit Singh ShantSAD3048727064Sangrur district107DhuriDalvir Singh GoldyINC49347Jasvir Singh Jassi SekhonAAP465362811108SangrurVijay Inder SinglaINC67310Dinesh BansalAAP3649830812Patiala district109Nabha (SC)Sadhu Singh DharamsotINC60861Gurdev Singh Dev MannAAP4186618995110Patiala RuralBrahm MohindraINC68891Karanvir Singh TiwanaAAP4166227229111RajpuraHardial Singh KambojINC59107Ashutosh JoshiAAP2654232565Patiala district115PatialaAmarinder SinghINC72586Dr. Balbir SinghAAP2017952407
General election, 2014