Haryana elections: AAP to contest all 90 seats. Full list of candidates

Haryana elections: AAP, after failed Congress alliance talks, has so far announced 40 candidates for Haryana's 90-seat assembly, resulting in many overlaps with its INDIA ally

After the failed talks with the Congress over a potential alliance deal in Haryana, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has issued three lists so far, naming 40 candidates for the 90-member Haryana Assembly poll battle. The party has named candidates for several key seats in Haryana, including Rohtak, Bhiwani, and Bahadurgarh, among others.

For many of these constituencies, the Congress has also issued its list of candidates, resulting in an overlap between the two INDIA bloc parties. For instance, the AAP has named Pravin Guskhani for the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat, which is the stronghold of the Congress-linked Hooda family. Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda will fight from here to retain his seat. Likewise, the party has named candidates for Uchana Kalan, Rohtak, Meham among others, where the Congress has also named its candidates.

 

The AAP and Congress initially indicated a collective desire to uproot the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, for which discussions were held to forge an alliance to prevent the split of votes. However, the seat-sharing hit a deadend as they failed to build a consensus. The AAP wanted double digit seats (at least), while the Congress was keen on giving only single digit seats to the Arvind Kejriwal-led party. 

In the 2019 Haryana Assembly polls, the AAP had contested 46 seats but finished with less than 1 per cent of the votes polled, securing fewer votes than Nota (none of the above).

Here’s full list of candidates fielded by the AAP:

No	Constituency	Candidate
1	Naraingarh	Gurpal Singh
2	Kalayat	Anurag Dhandha
3	Pundri	Narender Sharma
4	Gharaunda	Jaipal Sharma
5	Assandh	Amandeep Jundla
6	Samalkha	Bittu Pahalwan
7	Uchana Kalan	Pawan Fauji
8	Dabwali	Kuldeep Gadrana
9	Rania	Happy Raina
10	Bhiwani	Indu Sharma
11	Rohtak	Bijender Hooda
12	Bahadurgarh	Kuldeep Chikara
13	Mahendragarh	Manish Yadav
14	Sohna	Dharmendra Khatana
15	Ballabhgarh	Ravinder Faujdar
16	Sadhaura	Ritu Bamaniya
17	Thanesar	Krishan Bajaj
18	Indri	Hawa Singh
19	Ratia	Mukhtiyar Singh Bazigar
20	Adampur	Bhupendra Beniwal
21	Barwala	Chhatar Pal Singh
22	Bawal	Jawaharlal
23	Faridabad	Pravesh Mehta
24	Tigaon	Abash Chandela
25	Radaur	Bheem Singh Rathi
26	Nilokheri	Amar Singh
27	Israna	Amit Kumar
28	Rai	Rajesh Saroha
29	Kharkhauda	Manjeet Farmana
30	Garhi Sampla-Kiloi	Pravin Guskhani
31	Kalanaur	Naresh Bagri
32	Jhajjar	Mahendar Dahiya
33	Ateli	Suneel Rao
34	Rewari	Satish Yadav
35	Hathin	Col Rajendra Rawat
36	Narnaul	Ravinder Matru
37	Badli	Ranbir Guliya
38	Beri	Sonu Ahlawat Sheria
39	Meham	Vikas Nehra

The list will be updated as additional information becomes available.