
Matia Mahal Assembly Election 2025: The Matia Mahal Assembly constituency is one of the 70 constituencies in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 21 of the state Legislative Assembly. The constituency is a general seat not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), or OBCs. It is part of the Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and Congress are the main parties in the state. In the last Assembly election in 2020, AAP candidate Shoaib Iqbal registered a dominating win by over 50,000 votes.
Matia Mahal Constituency Demographic Profile
The Assembly segment comes under the Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency. As per data from the Election Commission, there were 1,25,793 electors in the Matia Mahal constituency during the 2020 Delhi Assembly Elections. Out of this, 66,024 electors were male and 59,716 were female. 26 electors belonged to the third gender. The number of service voters in Matia Mahal in 2020 was 21 (20 men and 1 woman).
In 2015, the total number of electors in the Matia Mahal Assembly constituency was 1,15,944. Out of this, 61,720 electors were male and 54,214 were female. 10 electors were of the third gender. The number of service voters in Matia Mahal in 2015 was 8 (6 men and 2 women).
Matia Mahal Assembly Constituency Elections 2025: Poll Date
The Matia Mahal constituency in Delhi will go to the polls in a single phase on February 5, along with the other 69 constituencies of the state.
Matia Mahal Assembly Constituency Elections 2025: Result Date
The result for the Matia Mahal Assembly seat will be declared on February 8, along with the other 69 constituencies in Delhi.
Matia Mahal Assembly Election 2025 Candidates
The seat will witness a contest between the BJP, the AAP, and the Congress. While the AAP has fielded Aaley Mohammed Iqbal, the son of six-term MLA Shoaib Iqbal, the Congress has fielded Asim Ahmad Khan. The BJP has fielded Deepti Indora from Matia Mahal.
The seat has been a stronghold of Shoaib Iqbal. He has been an MLA from various parties since 1993, except between 2015 and 2020, when he was defeated by Asim Ahmed Khan. When he lost, he contested on a Congress ticket while Asim Khan was an AAP candidate. In 2020, Iqbal joined AAP and won the seat again. However, the BJP's vote share on the seat has seen a rise with every election, which makes it a major contender for the seat.
Matia Mahal Assembly Constituency 2020 and 2015 Winners (Candidates and Parties)
In the 2020 Delhi Assembly Elections, AAP MLA Shoaib Iqbal won the Matia Mahal seat with a huge margin of 50,241 votes. He was polled 67,282 votes with a vote share of 75.96%. He defeated BJP's Ravinder Gupta, who got 17,041 votes (19.24%). Congress candidate Mirza Javed Ali stood third with 3,409 votes (3.85%). The total number of valid votes polled was 88,570.
In the 2015 Delhi Assembly Elections, AAP's Asim Ahmed Khan won the Matia Mahal seat with a margin of 26,096 votes. He was polled 47,584 votes with a vote share of 59.23%. He defeated Congress candidate Shoaib Iqbal, who got 21,488 votes (26.75%). BJP candidate Shakil Anjum Dehlvi stood third with 9,105 votes (11.33%). The total number of valid votes polled was 80,335.
Matia Mahal Assembly Constituency Past Winners
- 2020: Shoaib Iqbal (AAP)
- 2015: Asim Ahmed Khan (AAP)
- 2013: Shoaib Iqbal (JDU)
- 2008: Shoaib Iqbal (LJP)
- 2003: Shoaib Iqbal (JDS)
- 1998: Shoaib Iqbal (Janata Dal)
- 1993: Shoaib Iqbal (Janata Dal)
Matia Mahal Constituency Voter Turnout in 2020 and 2015
The Matia Mahal Assembly constituency had a total of 1,25,793 electors in 2020. The total number of valid votes polled in the constituency was 88,570 or 70.41 per cent. In 2015, the constituency had a total of 1,15,944 electors. The total number of valid votes polled in the constituency was 80,335 or 69.29 per cent.