Matia Mahal Assembly constituency is one of the seventy

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constituencies of

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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 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). Political career Shoaib Iqbal was active in student politics during his coll ...

who contested the seats 7 times from different parties. However, during

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, he contested from

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and lost to

Asim Ahmed Khan Asim Ahmed Khan is an Indian politician (Delhi State), who was the minister of Food and Civil Supply, Environment and Forest, Minority Affairs and Election in the Delhi government. He is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party and represented Matia Mah ...

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

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. # Chandni Mahal - Aaley Muhammad Iqbal (AAP) # Delhi Gate - Kiran Rakesh Kumar (AAP) # Bazar Sita Ram - Rafia Mahir (AAP)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2020

2015

2013

2008

2003

1998

1993

References

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