Matia Mahal Assembly constituency

Matia Mahal
Constituency No. 21 for the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNorth India
StateDelhi
DistrictChandni Chowk
LS constituencyChandni Chowk
Total electors1,25,845
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyAam Aadmi Party
Elected year2020

Matia Mahal Assembly constituency is one of the seventy Delhi assembly constituencies of Delhi in northern India. Matia Mahal assembly constituency is a part of Chandni Chowk (Lok Sabha constituency).

Electoral history

The constituency was created in 1993 after abolition of Metropolitan Council. Since then, it has been represented by Shoaib Iqbal who contested the seats 7 times from different parties.[1] However, during 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, he contested from Indian National Congress and lost to Asim Ahmed Khan by a huge margin.[2]

After the reunification of three municipal corporations into Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the Constituency was divided into 3 wards - Chandni Mahal, Sita Ram Bazaar and Delhi Gate.The constituency has 3 wards under it each represented by a Councillor.

  1. Chandni Mahal - Aaley Muhammad Iqbal (AAP)[3]
  2. Delhi Gate - Kiran Rakesh Kumar (AAP)[4]
  3. Bazar Sita Ram - Rafia Mahir (AAP)[5]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
1993 Shoaib Iqbal Janata Dal
1998
2003 Janata Dal (Secular)
2008 Lok Janshakti Party
2013 Janata Dal (United)
2015 Asim Ahmed Khan Aam Aadmi Party
2020 Shoaib Iqbal

Election results

2020

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Matia Mahal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Shoaib Iqbal 67,282 75.96 +16.73
BJP Ravinder Gupta 17,041 19.24 +7.91
INC Mirza Javed Ali 3,409 3.85 −22.90
BSP Tej Ram 223 0.25 −0.24
NOTA None of the above 216 0.24 −0.01
Majority 50,241 56.72 +24.24
Turnout 88,590 70.43 +1.12
AAP hold Swing +16.73


2015

Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Matia Mahal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Asim Ahmed Khan 47,584 59.23 +33.18
INC Shoaib Iqbal 21,488 26.74 −0.94
BJP Shakeel Anjum Dehalvi 9,105 11.33 +2.87
NOTA None of the above 203 0.25 −0.16
Majority 26,096 32.49 +28.46
Turnout 80,348 69.30
AAP gain from JD(U) Swing +33.18


2013

Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Matia Mahal
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Shoaib Iqbal 22,732 31.72 +31.30
INC Mirza Javed Ali 19,841 27.68 −0.07
AAP Shakeel Anjum 18,668 26.05
BJP Nizamuddin 6,061 8.46 −0.88
Independent Umar Faruq 1,668 2.33
BSP Abdul Aziz Shah 972 1.36 −16.83
Independent Rafiullah 284 0.40
Independent Mohammad Ahmed Saifi 279 0.39
PRC Rajiv Singhal 144 0.20
BJD(I) Gulfam 122 0.17
Independent Mohd Suhail 111 0.15
BPC Rohit Kumar Gupta 109 0.15
NDP Satish 85 0.12
Independent Amar Nath 57 0.08
LJP Manoj Saxsena 55 0.08 −39.48
HND Raghu Vansh Verma 55 0.08
Independent Bashiruddin 54 0.08
Independent Satish Kumar Dhawan 40 0.06 −0.15
RPI(A) Moazam Khan 37 0.05
NOTA None 296 0.41
Majority 2,891 4.03 −7.78
Turnout 71,780 65.77
JD(U) gain from LJP Swing +11.56


2008

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Matia Mahal[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LJP Shoaib Iqbal 25,474 39.56
INC Mehmood Zia 17,870 27.75 −8.53
BSP Abhey Singh Yadav 11,714 18.19
BJP Talat Sultana 6,015 9.34 +2.89
Independent Mohd Shafiq 814 1.26
NCP Puran Chand 436 0.68
RPI(A) Nasiruddin 334 0.52
AIMF Rukhsana 322 0.50
JD(U) Ikramuddin 273 0.42 +0.11
Independent Smt Chander Kanta Bharti 267 0.41
Independent Satish Kumar Dhawan 137 0.21
Independent Jaini Prasad 132 0.21
Independent Hafizul Haque 121 0.19
Independent Sibghat Ullah 117 0.18
JKNPP Tariq Mirza 88 0.14
IJP Ganga Ram 76 0.12
RHC Mahendra 73 0.11
SP Gurdeep Singh Chawla 69 0.11 +0.02
Independent Vikram Singh 57 0.09
Majority 7,607 11.81 −4.12
Turnout 64,389 56.3 +0.84
LJP gain from JD(S) Swing

2003

Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Matia Mahal[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(S) Shoaib Iqbal 25,222 52.21
INC Azhar Shagufa 17,524 36.28 +16.06
BJP Qasim Malik 3,114 6.45 −5.36
RJD Abdul Jabbar 1,185 2.45
JKNPP Nazar Mohd 362 0.75
Independent Satish Kumar 345 0.71
Independent Alimuddin Kurashi 211 0.44
JD(U) Abdul Mueen 149 0.31
Independent Faiz Mohd Khan 107 0.22
SP Gulfam 45 0.09
United Citizen Party Alim 44 0.09
Majority 7,698 15.93 −29.03
Turnout 48,308 55.46 −1.08
JD(S) gain from JD Swing

1998

Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Matia Mahal[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD Shoaib Iqbal 28,872 65.18 +2.41
INC Aziz Ahmad Siddiqui 8,956 20.22 +10.63
BJP Aslam Sadar 5,230 11.81 −5.63
RJD Mohd Asif 406 0.92
AWP Mohd Irfan Qureshi 335 0.76
Independent Bhagat Singh 169 0.38
Lok Shakti Zahida Khatun 142 0.32
BSP Riazuddin 79 0.18 −0.02
Independent Satish Kumar Dhawan 43 0.10
Independent Devraj 41 0.09
LKD Man Mohan Lal 22 0.05
Majority 19,916 44.96 −0.37
Turnout 44,295 56.54 −13.10
JD hold Swing +2.41

1993

Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Matia Mahal[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD Shoaib Iqbal 27,617 62.77
BJP Begum Khurshid 17,672 17.44
INC Memood Pracha 16,221 16.59
SP Saeed Khan 2,068 4.70
Independent Khalil 677 1.54
IUML Syed Hamid Hussin Khizer 539 1.23
Independent Madan Lal Bhalla 338 0.77
Independent Shijauddin 189 0.43
JP C B Lall Saxena 184 0.42
RPI Javed Malik 99 0.23
BSP Om Prakash 86 0.20
NDPF Shakil Ahmed 52 0.12
Independent Mohd Aziz 46 0.10
Independent Zamil Hussain 34 0.08
Independent Har Bhajan Singh 31 0.07
Independent Irfan 24 0.05
Doordarshi Party Vijay Singh 23 0.05
Independent Man Mohan Lal 19 0.04
Independent Mohd Furkan 19 0.04
Independent Satish Verma 19 0.04
Independent Sagir Ahmed 15 0.03
Independent Manzoor Hasan 14 0.03
Independent Javed Iqbal 12 0.03
Majority 19,945 45.33
Turnout 43,998 69.64
JD win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "Delhi polls: Not all 'party hoppers' turned out lucky". The Economic Times. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Asim Ahmed Khan". delhiassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Chandani Mahal ward LIVE results: AAP Candidate Aaley Mohammed Wins Ward No.76". News18. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Delhi Gate Ward LIVE results: AAP Candidate Kiran Bala Wins Ward No.77". News18. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Bazar Sita Ram Ward LIVE results: AAP Candidate Rafia Mahir Wins Ward No.78". News18. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  6. ^ 2008 Election Commission of India
  7. ^ 2003 Election Commission of India
  8. ^ 1998 Election Commission of India
  9. ^ 1993 Election Commission of India

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