AAP convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal waves from an open vehicle during a roadshow before filing his nomination papers for the Assembly polls, in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
Aam Admi Party (AAP) has released the full list of candidates for the upcoming Delhi Legislative Assembly elections. The party will contest on all 70 seats.
The 2020 Delhi elections will be held on February 8, 2020 and the results will be announced on February 11, 2020. The last date for filing of the nomination was January 21, 2020.
Key candidates
AAP’s face and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be re-contesting from New Delhi seat where he had defeated former CM, Sheila Dikshit. Deputy CM Manish Sisodhia will be contesting from Patparganj. AAP has fielded party heavyweights Saurabh Bharadwaj from Greater Kailash, Atishi Marlena from Kalkaji, and Raghav Chaddha from Rajindar Nagar seat. Party’s Muslim face MLA Amanatullah Khan wll contest from Jamia. The party has also given ticket to former Congress leader Prahlad Singh Sawhney who will contest from Chandni Chowk.
The party has also given 8 tickets to women candidates.
In the previous election, Aam Aadmi Party swept the election with 67 seats while BJP managed to win 3 seats and Congress failed to open its account. AAP's vote share was 54.3%.
In this election, AAP will try to match its performance from five years ago. The party is banking on the popularity of Arvind Kejriwal and the promises of education, healthcare, water and electricity. The party had failed to win any Lok Sabha seat in 2019 and finished third in terms of vote share as well.