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List of BJP Candidates for Punjab Elections 2017; First list released with 17 Names

January 13, 2017 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau

Chandigarh: Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on Thursday (Jan. 12) released it’s first list of candidates for Punjab Polls 2017. The list comprises 17 candidates. BJP would contest 23 seats in Punjab which has 117 Assembly seats. Remaining seats would be contested by it’s ally Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal).

BJP list comprises names of five first-timers, five sitting MLAs, and seven candidates who had lost in 2012.

Of the six seats kept pending — the BJP contests 23 of 117 seats as per pact with the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) — four are held by the party’s ministers.

Sl.	AC No.	AC Name	Name of Candidate
1.	1	Sujanpur	Shri Dinesh Singh Babbu, Sitting MLA
2.	2	Bhoa (SC)	Smt. Seema Kumari, Sitting MLA
3.	3	Pathankot	Shri Ashwani Sharma, Sitting MLA
4.	5	Dina Nagar (SC)	Shri V.D. Dhupad
5.	16	Amritsar West (SC)	Shri Rakesh Gill
6.	17	Amritsar Central	Shri Tarun Chugh
7.	18	Amritsar East	Shri Rajesh Hani
8.	36	Jalandhar North	Shri K.D. Bhandari, Sitting MLA
9.	39	Mukerian	Shri Arunesh Shakar
10.	40	Dasuya	Smt. Sukhjeet Kaur Sahi, Sitting MLA
11.	43	Hoshiarpur	Shri Tikshan Sood
12.	63	Ludhiana Central	Shri Gurudev Sharma Devi
13.	64	Ludhiana West	Shri Kamal Chetli
14.	65	Ludhiana North	Shri Praveen Bansal
15.	76	Firozpur City	Shri Sukhlal Singh “Nannu”
16.	81	Abohar	Shri Arun Narang
17.	111	Rajpura	Shri Harjeet Singh Grewal

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Related Topics: BJP, List of BJP Candidates for Punjab Elections 2017, Punjab Assembly Elections 2017, Punjab Politics, Punjab Polls 2017

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