AAP announces list of 70 candidates for Delhi assembly election, drops 15 sitting MLAs

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday released its list of candidates for the upcoming Delhi assembly elections 2020. Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP dropped 15 sitting MLAs while retaining 46. AAP's Aatishi Marlena, Raghav Chadha, and Dilip Pandey, who unsuccessfully contested 2019 Lok Sabha polls, figured in the AAP's list of candidates for assembly elections.

Aatishi Marlena has been fielded from Kalkaji, while Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia will contest from Patparganj constituency. Satyendra Jain is in the fray from Shakur Basti, Vinay Kumar Mishra from Dwarka assembly seat where sitting MLA Adarsh Shastri has been dropped. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has retained his New Delhi seat while Somnath Bharti will contest from Malviya Nagar.

AAP has fielded Pramila Tokas from RK Puram constituency while Imran Hussain has been fielded from Ballimaran. Virender Singh Kadyan will contest from Delhi Cantonment while AAP's face on Television channels Raghav Chaddha has been fielded from Rajender Nagar. Vishesh Ravi has been given ticket from Karol Bagh while Jarnail Singh will contest from Tilak Nagar. Shoaib Iqbal will contest from Matia Mahal, Raj Kumar Anand from Patel Nagar, Kailash Gehlot from Najafgarh, Gulab Singh Yadav from Matiala, Bhavna Gaur from Palam, BS Joon from Bijwasan. Madan Lal is in the fray from Kasturba Nagar. 

AAP has also fielded Sharad Chauhan from Narela, Sanjeev Jha from Burari, Dilip Pandey from Timarpur, Pawan Sharma from Adarsh Nagar, Ajesh Yadav from Badli, Mahinder Goyal from Rithala, Jai Bhagwan Upkar from Bawana, Rituraj Jha from Kirari, Dharampal Lakra from Mundka, Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat from Sultanpur Majra, Raghuvender Shaukeen from Nangloi Jat. Talking about women candidates, Rakhi Bidlan has been fielded again from Mangolpuri and Bandana Kumari from Shalimar Bagh. Rajesh Nama Bansiwala has been fielded from Rohini while Prahlad Singh Sawhney will contest from Chandni Chowk.

Delhi Assembly Election 2020: AAP candidates' Full List

1. Narela - Sharad Chauhan
2. Burari - Sanjeev Jha
3. Timarpur - Dilip Pandey
4. Adarsh Nagar - Pawan Sharma
5. Badli - Ajesh Yadav
6. Rithala - Mahinder Goyal
7. Bawana - Jai Bhagwan Upkar
8. Mundka - Dharampal Lakra
9. Kirari - Rituraj Jha
10.Sultan Pur Majra - Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat
11. Nangloi Jat - Raghuvinder Shokeen
12. Mangol Puri - Rakhi Bidlan
13. Rohini - Rajesh Nama Bansiwala
14. Shalimar Bagh - Bandana Kumari
15. Shakur Basti - Satyendra Jain
16. Tri Nagar - Jitender Tomar
17. Wazirpur - Rajesh Gupta
18. Model Town _ Akhilesh Pati Tripathi
19. Sadar Bazar - Som Dutt
20. Chandni Chowk - Parlad Singh Sawhney
21. Matia Mahal - Shoaib Iqbal
22. Ballimaran - Imran Hussain
23. Karol Bagh - Vishesh Ravi
24. Patel Nagar - Raaj Kumar Anand
25. Moti Nagar - Shiv Charan Goel
26. Madipur - Girish Soni
27. Rajouri Garden - Dhanwati Chandela
28. Hari Nagar - Rajkumari Dhillon
29. Tilak Nagar - Jarnail Singh
30. Janakpur - Rajesh Rishi
31. Vikaspuri - Mahinder Yadav
32. Uttam Nagar - Naresh Balyan
33. Dwarka - Vinay Kumar Mishra
34. Matiala - Gulab Singh Yadav
35. Najafgarh - Kailash Gahlot
36. Bijwasan - BS Joon
37. Palam - Bhavna Gaur
38. Delhi Cantonment - Virender Singh Kadian 
39. Rajinder Nagar - Raghav Chadha 
40. New Delhi - Arvind Kejriwal
41. Jangpura - Praveen Kumar
42. Kasturba Nagar - Madan Lal
43. Malviya Nagar - Somnath Bharti
44. RK Puram - Parmila Tokas
45. Mehrauli - Naresh Yadav
46. Chhatarpur - Kartar Singh Tanwar
47. Deoli - Prakash Jarwal
48. Ambedkar Nagar - Ajay Dutt
49. Sangam Nagar - Dinesh Mohaniya
50. Greater Kailash - Saurabh Bharadwaj
51. Kalkaji – Atishi
52. Tugalakabad – Shri Ram Pehelwan
53. Badarpur – Ram Singh Netaji
54. Okhla – Amanatullah Khan
55. Trilokpuri – Rohit Kumar Mehraulia
56. Kondli – Kuldeep Kumar (Monu)
57. Patparganj – Manish Sisodia
58. Laxmi Nagar – Nitin Tyagi
59. Vishwas Nagar – Deepak Singla
60. Krishna Nagar – SK Bagga

61. Gandhi Nagar – Naveen Choudhary (Deepu)
62. Shahdara – Ram Niwas Goyal
63. Seemapuri – Rajendra Pal Gautam
64. Rohtas Nagar – Sarita Singh
65. Seelampur – Abdul Rehman
66. Ghonda – SD Sharma
67. Babarpur – Gopal Rai
68. Gokalpur – Ch. Surendra Kumar
69. Mustafabad – Haji Yunus
70. Karawal Nagar – Durgesh Pathak

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