Matia mahal Seat: Matia Mahal is a part of Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency in Delhi. In this election, a total of 1,29,522 voters are eligible to vote in Matiyamahal seat and are eligible to elect their public representative. Of these, 66,925 are men, 62,565 are women and 32 are other voters. This seat is the stronghold of Aam Aadmi Party MLA Shoaib Iqbal. Shoaib Iqbal has won six elections from this seat from five different parties. This time, in place of Shoaib Iqbal, his son is in the fray on the ticket of the Aam Aadmi Party.
How is the history of Matia Mahal seat?
The history of election for this seat is very old. The first election was held in 1972. In this election, Congress’ Sikander Bakht (O) won. The Congress (O) candidate defeated independent candidate Mohammad Zafar Ali by 571 votes. Elections were held in 1977. In this, Janata Party’s Begum Khurshid defeated Congress’s Habiba Kidwai by 9163 votes. Elections were held again in 1983. Like last time, this time too there was a contest between two women candidates. In this election, BJP’s Begum Khurshid Kidwai won. The BJP candidate defeated Congress’s Habiba Kidwai by 841 votes.
2003: The party changed but Shoaib still won
In the 2003 assembly elections, Shoaib Iqbal contested on the ticket of Janata Dal Secular. The change of party did not make any difference in Shoaib Iqbal’s results. Iqbal defeated Congress’s Azhar Shagufa by 7698 votes. Shoaib Iqbal got 25222 votes while Azhar Shagufa got 17524 votes.
2008: Shoaib Iqbal won
In 2008 too, Shoaib Iqbal became an MLA from Matia Mahal seat. Once again, his party had changed. This time Shoaib Iqbal contested the election on the ticket of Lok Jan Shakti Party. LJP’s Shoaib Iqbal defeated Congress’s Mahmood Zia by 7604 votes.
2013: Shoaib Iqbal wins on JD(U) ticket in Hung Assembly
The year 2013 proved to be an important link for Delhi politics. In this election, apart from Congress-BJP, this time the Aam Aadmi Party, which came out of the corruption movement, was also in the fray. The election in Matia Mahal assembly seat was very interesting.
Shoaib Iqbal, who won the Matia Mahal seat four times in a row, once again changed his mind. This time Shoaib Iqbal contested the election on the ticket of Janata Dal United. Shoaib Iqbal defeated Congress’s Mirza Javed Ali by 2891 votes. Your Shakeel Anjum was at number three.
2015: Shoaib Iqbal’s fort collapsed in your storm
Assembly elections were held in Delhi in 2015. Kejriwal had resigned in 2014 after only 49 days in the government. In February 2014, when the Lokpal Bill could not be passed, Arvind Kejriwal resigned as the Chief Minister of Delhi. RE-ELECTIONS WERE HELD IN 2015 AND KEJRIWAL RETURNED TO POWER WITH A WIN OVER 67 OUT OF 70 SEATS.
Even Shoaib Iqbal could not save his fort in this tsunami of the Aam Aadmi Party. Shoaib Iqbal was defeated by Asim Ahmed Khan, who came on an AAP ticket. The candidate got 47584 votes. At the same time, Shoaib Iqbal, who is contesting once again on the Congress ticket, got 21,488 votes. The margin of victory was 26096 votes.
2020: Now Shoaib Iqbal wins on your ticket
In the 2020 assembly elections, the AAP again won the overwhelming mandate. The Aam Aadmi Party has won 62 out of 70 seats. In this election, the Aam Aadmi Party had given ticket to Shoaib Iqbal in Matia Mahal seat. Shoaib Iqbal, who got on your ticket, once again won from here. Shoaib Iqbal got 67,282 votes. There. BJP’s Ravindra Gupta got 17,041 votes.
How is the equation now?
This time, a total of 11 candidates are in the fray in Matia Mahal seat. The Aam Aadmi Party, which won from here in 2020, has fielded Ale Mohammed Iqbal, son of incumbent MLA Shoaib Iqbal. Asin Ahmed Khan is trying his luck from the Congress. Asim Ahmed Khan had won the elections in 2015 on the Aam Aadmi Party ticket. The BJP has fielded Deepti Indore from this seat.