Chandigarh, Jan 28 (IANS) The following are the main candidates from various political parties in the fray for the Jan 30 elections to 117 assembly seats in Punjab:
Total Seats: 117
Date of poll: Jan 30
Counting of votes: March 6
Main parties:
1. Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (Ruling alliance)
2. Congress (main opposition)
3. People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) (The PPP has formed the Sanjha Morcha with the CPI, CPI-M and Akali Dal (Longowal).Prominent candidates and constituencies:
1. Parkash Singh Badal (chief minister), Akali Dal – Lambi (Muktsar district)
2. Gurdas Badal, PPP – Lambi
3. Amarinder Singh, (Punjab Congress president) – Patiala urban
4. Sukhbir Singh Badal (Deputy CM and Akali Dal president) – Jalalabad
5. Manpreet Badal (PPP president) – Gidderbaha and Maur (Two constituencies)
6. Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (former CM), Congress – Lehragaga
7. Ashwani Sharma (Punjab BJP president) – Pathankot
8. Navjot Kaur Sidhu (BJP MP Navjot Sidhu’s wife), BJP – Amritsar east
9. Raninder Singh (Amarinder Singh and Preneet Kaur’s son), Congress – Samana
10. P.S. Gill (former DGP), Akali Dal – Moga
11. Darbara Singh Guru (ex-principal secretary to CM), Akali Dal – Bhadaur (reserved)
12. Bhagwant Mann (Comedian, actor), PPP – Lehragaga