# Matia Mahal Assembly constituency

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. However, during 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, he contested from Indian National Congress and lost to Asim Ahmed Khan by a huge margin.
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.
* Chandni Mahal - Aaley Muhammad Iqbal (AAP)
* Delhi Gate - Kiran Rakesh Kumar (AAP)
* Bazar Sita Ram - Rafia Mahir (AAP)

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Member | Party |
| 1993 | Shoaib Iqbal | Janata Dal |
| 1998 | Shoaib Iqbal | Janata Dal |
| 2003 | Shoaib Iqbal | Janata Dal (Secular) |
| 2008 | Shoaib Iqbal | Lok Janshakti Party |
| 2013 | Shoaib Iqbal | Janata Dal (United) |
| 2015 | Asim Ahmed Khan | Aam Aadmi Party |
| 2020 | Shoaib Iqbal | Aam Aadmi Party |
| 2025 | Aaley Mohammad Iqbal | Aam Aadmi Party |

## Election results
### 2025

Delhi Assembly elections, 2025: Matia Mahal :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AAP | Aaley Mohammad Iqbal | 58,120 | 68.80 | 7.16 |
| | BJP | Deepti Indora | 15,396 | 18.23 | 1.01 |
| | INC | Asim Ahmed Khan | 10,295 | 12.19 | 8.34 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 217 | 0.26 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42,724 | 50.39 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 84,475 | | |
| | AAP hold | AAP hold | Swing | | |

### 2020

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Matia Mahal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 50,241 | 56.72 | +24.24 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 88,590 | 70.43 | +1.12 |
| | AAP hold | AAP hold | Swing | +16.73 | |

### 2015

Delhi Assembly elections, 2015: Matia Mahal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 26,096 | 32.49 | +28.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 80,348 | 69.30 | |
| | AAP gain from JD(U) | AAP gain from JD(U) | Swing | +33.18 | |

### 2013

Delhi Assembly elections, 2013: Matia Mahal :
| Party | 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 |
| | NOTA | None | 296 | 0.41 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,891 | 4.03 | −7.78 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 71,780 | 65.77 | |
| | JD(U) gain from LJP | JD(U) gain from LJP | Swing | +11.56 | |

### 2008

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Matia Mahal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 7,607 | 11.81 | −4.12 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 64,389 | 56.3 | +0.84 |
| | LJP gain from JD(S) | LJP gain from JD(S) | Swing | | |

### 2003

Delhi Assembly elections, 2003: Matia Mahal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 7,698 | 15.93 | −29.03 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 48,308 | 55.46 | −1.08 |
| | JD(S) gain from JD | JD(S) gain from JD | Swing | | |

### 1998

Delhi Assembly elections, 1998: Matia Mahal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 19,916 | 44.96 | −0.37 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 44,295 | 56.54 | −13.10 |
| | JD hold | JD hold | Swing | +2.41 | |

### 1993

Delhi Assembly elections, 1993: Matia Mahal :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 19,945 | 45.33 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,998 | 69.64 | |
| | JD win (new seat) | JD win (new seat) | JD win (new seat) | JD win (new seat) | JD win (new seat) |