The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced its fifth list of candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections in 2025, featuring Mahender Chaudhary as the party’s nominee from Mehrauli. This announcement comes on the heels of AAP’s fourth list, which was released on December 15, 2023, and included 38 candidates.
Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will contest from New Delhi
In the latest list, AAP’s national convener and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will contest from New Delhi, while current Chief Minister Atishi is set to run from Kalkaji. Other notable candidates include Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj from Greater Kailash and Minister Gopal Rai from Babarpur. The party has also fielded Satyendra Kumar Jain from Shakur Basti, Durgesh Pathak from Rajinder Nagar, Ramesh Pehalwan from Kasturba Nagar, Raghuvinder Shokeen from Nangloi Jat, Som Dutt from Sadar Bazar, Imran Hussain from Ballimaran, and Jarnail Singh from Tilak Nagar.
The fifth list includes two new names, while the remaining 36 candidates are incumbents seeking re-election. Notably, Ramesh Pehalwan, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, has joined AAP and will contest from Kasturba Nagar. His wife, Pooja Naresh Balyan, will represent AAP from Uttam Nagar.
The party’s candidate selection process has seen significant changes, with AAP dropping 17 sitting MLAs in its second list released on December 9. However, three familiar names—Manish Sisodia, Rakhi Birla, and Deepu Chaudhary—have been re-nominated.
In the 2020 assembly elections, AAP achieved a significant victory, winning 62 out of 70 seats, while the BJP secured only eight seats. As the election date approaches, AAP continues to finalize its candidate lineup in preparation for the upcoming electoral battle.
