Journalism of Courage
Arvind Kejriwal launched the Aam Aadmi Party in 2012. He is the National Convener of Aam Aadmi Party and Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Delhi. In 2015, AAP won 67 out of 70 seats during the assembly elections. Arvind Kejriwal is contesting from New Delhi.
A member of the Congress party, Arvinder Singh Lovely was elected in the Delhi Legislative Assembly in 1998 as the youngest MLA. He will be contesting from Gandhi Nagar.
Impreet Singh Bakshi is the BJP's candidate from Jangpura constituency.
Ajay Dutt joined Aam Aadmi Party in 2013 when he campaigned in Ambedkar Nagar. In 2015, AAP fielded Ajay Dutt from Ambedkar Nagar and he won. He is contesting elections from Ambedkar Nagar constituency.
Anil Jha was elected to the Delhi Assembly in 2013 from Kirari Constituency. He is a BJP leader and is contesting from Kirari constituency, Delhi.
Vijay Kumar is Congress's candidate from Trilokpuri.
Raghav Chadha is a chartered accountant who is contesting the assembly elections on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket from Rajinder Nagar.
Congress' Tarvinder Singh Marwah won from the Jangpura seat in 1998, 2003 and 2008.
Anil Kumar Bajpai won from Gandhi Nagar in the 2015 Delhi assembly election as an AAP member. He quit AAP and subsequently joined the BJP in 2019. He is contesting from Gandhi Nagar.
Former deputy speaker of Delhi Assembly and Congress' popular Muslim face, Shoaib Iqbal will be contesting elections from the Matia Mahal constituency for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Suman Kumar Gupta is contesting the Delhi elections form Chandni Chowk constituency.
Four-time MLA Dr. Ashok Kumar Walia is Congress' candidate from Krishna Nagar. In East Delhi’s Krishna Nagar, two doctors — a veteran politician and a first-timer — are in the fray to contest the assembly polls.
Kailash Gahlot is the Transport and Environment Minister of Delhi. He is contesting from the Najafgarh constituency on an AAP ticket.
Chandni Chowk has a population of around 1.13 lakh people. The constituency was won by the then Congress leader Sawhney four times in a row between 1998 and 2013. In 2015, Sawhney lost to Alka Lamba, who fought on an AAP ticket. Lamba shifted to the Congress in October last year — and Sawhney left Congress to join AAP the same month.
The BJP has fielded Kapil Mishra from Model Town constituency. The former AAP leader was removed as minister by the AAP government in 2017.
SK Bagga is the Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) candidate from Krishna Nagar.
Somnath Bharti is a lawyer-turned-politician, and is contesting the Delhi Assembly elections on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket from Malviya Nagar.
Gopal Rai is the Minister for Employment, Development, Labour, General Administration and Irrigation in Delhi. He will be contesting from the Babarpur Assembly constituency.
Jarnail Singh is a journalist and politician belonging to the Aam Aadmi Party. He will be contesting from the Tilak Nagar assembly constituency.
Sitting Patparganj MLA and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is one again contesting from the East Delhi consituency. Both the BJP and Congress have fielded first-timers — Ravi Negi (42), who is currently the BJP’s Vinod Nagar mandal president, and Laxman Rawat (52), who has listed a computer business as his occupation.
Kiran Vaidya from Trilokpuri, who had lost to the AAP candidate in 2015, has been given another chance.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi is a new face in the Delhi assembly polls. The party has fielded Atishi from Kalkaji Assembly seat — the brain behind Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s popular education model. In Lok Sabha elections, she had contested from the East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency for AAP, where she finished behind the BJP and Congress candidates.
Former Congress MLA Parlad Singh Sawhney joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in October 2019. He will be contesting from Chandni Chowk constituency.
