New Delhi, India (February 16, 2014): As per information Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has declared its first list of candidates. The list released on February 16 names 20 candidates who shall contest upcoming Parliamentary election on AAP ticket. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is not among the candidates declared in the first list.
Jarnail Singh Journalist declared as AAP candidate from West Delhi.
The names of the candidates were reportedly finalized during the meeting of the party’s political affairs committee (PAC) on Sunday afternoon at Arvind Kejriwal’s residence.
However senior leaders like Yogendra Yadav, Kumar Vishwas and Ashutosh have found place in the first list of the party.
Some media sections have expressed surprise over the naming of Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar as AAP candidate who will be fighting election from a seat in Mumbai.
AAP list also includes the names of two Sikh activists – H. S. Phoolka, a Supreme Court lawyer who had been fighting cases of 1984 massacre victims and journalist-turned-activist Jarnail Singh.
Full List, as available on AAP’s website, is as follows:
| S.No. | Incumbent MP | Party | State | LS Constituency | AAP Candidate |
| 1 | Kapil Sibal | INC | Delhi | Chandni Chowk | Ashutosh |
| 2 | Salman Khurshid | INC | UP | Farukkhabad | Mukul Tripathi |
| 3 | Mulayam Singh Yadav | SP | UP | Mainpuri | Baba Hardev |
| 4 | Suresh Kalmadi | INC | Maharashtra | Pune | Subash Ware |
| 5 | Nitin Gadkari | BJP | Maharashtra | Nagpur | Anjali Damania |
| 6 | Ajit Singh | RLD | UP | Baghpath | Soumendra Dhaka |
| 7 | Mahabal Mishra | INC | Delhi | West Delhi | Jarnail Singh |
| 8 | Dr. Baliram | INC | UP | LALGANJ (SC) | Dr. Jiyalal Ra |
| 9 | Rahul Gandhi | INC | UP | Amethi | Kumar Vishwas |
| 10 | INDERJIT SINGH | INC | Haryana | Gurgaon | Yogendra Yadav |
| 11 | Ad.Kamat Gurudas Vasant | INC | Maharashtra | Mumbai North West | Mayank Gandhi |
| 12 | Sanjay Dina Patil | NCP | Maharashtra | Mumbai North East | Medha Patkhar |
| 13 | Milind Murli Deora | INC | Maharashtra | Mumbai South | Meera Sanyal |
| 14 | Takam Sanjoy | INC | Arunachal | Arunachal West | Habung Payeng |
| 15 | Sameer Bhujbal | NCP | Maharashtra | Nashik | Vijay Baliram Pandhare |
| 16 | ARUN SUBHASHCHANDRA YADAV | INC | MP | Khandwa | Alok Aggarwal |
| 17 | Sanjay Bhoi | INC | Odisha | BARGARH | Lingraj |
| 18 | MANISH TEWARI | INC | Punjab | Ludhiana | Harvinder Singh Phoolka |
| 19 | Jagdish Singh Rana | BSP | UP | Saharanpur | Yogesh Dahiya |
| 20 | MOHAMMED AZHARUDDIN | INC | UP | Moradabad | Khalid Parvaiz |