Punjab AAP announces 40 candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls, with CM Bhagwant Mann contesting from Dhuri. Bhagwant Mann won the Dhuri seat in the 2022 Assembly elections by defeating Congress candidate Dalvir Singh Khangura by 58,206 votes. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced its first list of 40 candidates for the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections, naming chief minister Bhagwant Mann again from Dhuri, assembly speaker.