Congress First List Of Candidates For Punjab Assembly Elections 2017

The Congress has released its first list of candidates for 2017 Punjab Assembly elections. The list was cleared by the Central Election Committee which is headed by Congress national President Sonia Gandhi. The first list has 61 candidates. The party has retained 31 sitting MLAs and dropped three under the "one family, one candidate" rule. It has selected seven new candidates on the basis of 'strong credibility' and 'winnability'. The list includes five youths, six women, eight former MLAs and one former MP.

SI. No.	AC No.	AC Name	Name of Candidates
1	5	Dina Nagar – SC	Aruna Chaudhary
2	6	Qadian	Fatehjang Singh Bajwa
3	7	Batala	Ashwani Sekhri
4	8	Sri Hargobindpur – SC	Balwinder Singh Laddi
5	9	Fatehgarh Churian	Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa
6	10	Dera Baba Nanak	Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
7	12	Raja Sansi	Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria
8	13	Majitha	Sukhjinder Raj Singh Lalli Majthia
9	14	Jandiala – SC	Sukhwinder Singh Danny
10	16	Amritsar – West – SC	Raj Kumar Verka
11	17	Amritsar Central	Om Prakash Soni
12	20	Attari – SC	Tarsem Singh DC
13	21	Tarn Taran	Dharamvir Agnihotri
14	23	Patti	Harminder Singh Gill
15	24	Khadoor Sahib	Ramanjit Singh Sikki
16	27	Kapurthala	Rana Gurjeet Singh
17	28	Sultanpur Lodhi	Navtej Singh Cheema
18	35	Jalandhar Central	Rajinder Beri
19	39	Mukerian	Rajnish Kumar
20	41	Urmar	Sangat Singh Gilzian
21	43	Hoshiarpur	Sunder Sham Arora
22	44	Chabbewal – SC	Dr. Raj Kumar
23	47	Nawan Shahr	Angad Saini
24	49	Anandpur Sahib	Rana Kanwarpal Singh
25	51	Chamkaur Sahib – SC	Charanjit Singh Channi
26	53	S.A.S. Nagar	Balbir Singh Sidhu
27	54	Bassi Pathana – SC	Gurpreet Singh GP
28	55	Fatehgarh Sahib	Kuljeet Singh Nagra
29	56	Amloh	Randeep Singh Nabha
30	57	Khanna	Gurkirat Singh Kotli
31	63	Ludhiana Central	Surinder Kumar Dawar
32	64	Ludhiana West	Bharat Bhushan Ashu
33	66	Gill – SC	Kuldeep Singh Vaid
34	67	Payal – SC	Lakhvir Singh Lakha
35	69	Rajkot – SC	Dr. Amar Singh
36	72	Bhagha Purana	Darshan Singh Brar
37	74	Dharamkot	Kaka Sukhjit Singh Lohgarh
38	75	Zira	Kulbir Singh
39	76	Firozpur City	Parminder Singh Pinky
40	77	Firozpur Rural – SC	Satkar Kaur
41	78	Guru Har Sahai	Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi
42	81	Abohar	Sunil Kumar Jakhar
43	87	Faridkot	Kushaldeep Singh Dhillon
44	90	Rampura Phul	Gurpreet Singh Kangar
45	92	Bathinda Urban	Manpreet Singh Badal
46	94	Talwandi Sabo	Khushbaj Singh Jatana
47	97	Sardulgarh	Ajit Rider Singh Mofar
48	98	Budhlada – SC	Ranjit Kaur Bhatti
49	99	Lehra	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
50	100	Dirba – SC	Ajaib Singh Rataul
51	103	Barnala	Kewal Singh Dhillon
52	104	Mehal Kalan – SC	Harchand Kaur
53	105	Malerkotla	Razia Sultana
54	107	Dhuri	Dalvir Singh Goldy
55	108	Sangrur	Vijay lnder Singla
56	109	Nabha – Sc	Sadhu Singh Dharamsot
57	110	Patiala – Rural	Brahm Mohindra
58	111	Rajpura	Hardiyal Singh Kamboj
59	113	Ghanaur	Madan Lal Jalalpur
60	115	Patiala	Capt. Amarinder Singh
61	117	Shutrana – SC	Nirmal Singh