Aaley Mohammad Iqbal (born 14 March 1990) is a politician from Old Delhi. He is serving as a member of the

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from the Matia Mahal Assembly constituency since 8 February

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. He had also served as the

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. He is the elected councillor from Chandni Mahal Ward of Matia Mahal Assembly constituency. He has been elected for the

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three times in 2012, 2017 and 2022. He is also the President of the All India Crossminton Organization. Aaley is the 1st term youngest councilor of

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at the age of 22 on independent ticket.

Early life

He is the son of

Shoaib Iqbal Shoaib Iqbal (born 1 May 1958) is an Indian politician and a member of Delhi Legislative Assembly. He is 6 times MLA from Matia Mahal (Vidhan Sabha constituency). Personal life Shoaib Iqbal was married in 1980 and has two sons Aaley Muham ...

, former Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly from Matia Mahal.

Political career

At the age of 22, Iqbal made his debut in MCD by winning 2012 election as RLD candidate from Turkman Gate. He was the chairman of the City Sadar Paharganj Zone. In 2017, he elected 2nd term councilor of

. In the 2022 Delhi MCD elections, Iqbal won 3rd term with the highest margin and became the Deputy Mayor of Delhi. He defeated Mohammad Hamid of INC by a margin of 17134 votes. He was also the member of

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. Hs was nominated for the post of Deputy Mayor of MCD by Aam Aadmi Party PAC. On 22 February 2023, Aaley won the election for the

post. He received 31 more votes than his only rival of the

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-Kamal Bagri. In total he had received 147 votes against his rival Kamal Bagri's 116. Elections are held for Delhi's mayoral posts at the end of every financial year. Incumbent deputy mayor Aaley Mohammad Iqbal of the Aam Aadmi Party won unopposed for the second term on 26 April 2023. He was elected as a member of the

from the Matia Mahal Assembly constituency in 2025 Assembly Elections.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iqbal, Aaley Living people Aam Aadmi Party politicians from Delhi 1990 births Delhi MLAs 2025–2030