Matiala (Delhi Assembly constituency)

Matiala
constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
District West Delhi
State Delhi
Current constituency
Created 2008
Party AAP
MLA Gulab Singh Yadav

Matiala Vidhan Sabha constituency (Hindi: मटियाला विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies of the National Capital Territory in northern India. Gulab Singh Yadav of Aam Aadmi Party is the current MLA from Matiala.[1]

Overview

Present geographical structure of Matiala constituency came into existence in 2008 (Constituency didn't exist before 2008[2]) as a part of the implementation of the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.[3]

Matiala is part of West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency along with nine other Vidhan Sabha segments, namely, Uttam Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Dwarka, Madipur and Najafgarh.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  INC     BJP     AAP  

ElectionMemberParty
2008 Sumesh Shokeen Indian National Congress
2013 Rajesh Gehlot Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Gulab Singh Yadav Aam Aadmi Party

Election results

2015 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2015: Matiala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AAP Gulab Singh Yadav 1,27,665 54.93 +20.88
BJP Rajesh Gahlot 80,661 34.71 -1.40
INC Sumesh Shokeen 20,284 8.72 -16.21
BSP Sanjay Kumar 723 0.31 -0.93
NOTA None of the above 1,102 0.47 +0.14
Majority 47,004 20.22 +18.16
Turnout 2,32,381
AAP gain from BJP Swing +20.18

2013 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2013: Matiala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Rajesh Gahlot 70,053 36.11 +1.05
AAP Gulab Singh Yadav 66,051 34.05
INC Sumesh Shokeen 48,358 24.93 -15.21
Independent Satendra Singh Rana 2,718 1.40
BSP Sri Niwas Yadav 2,411 1.24 -13.65
SP Narender Yadav 743 0.38 -0.32
Independent Ravinder Kumar 488 0.25
PGP Ajay Kuamr Pandey 469 0.24
Independent Rakesh Kumar 448 0.23
Proutist Bloc Renu Poddar 326 0.17
RPI(A) Girjanand Singh 271 0.14
Independent Pooran Singh 194 0.10
Independent Poonam 152 0.08
Independent Randhir Singh 135 0.07 -0.14
RLD Subhash Tomar 118 0.06
LNJSP Sumitra 116 0.06
Independent Shripal 115 0.06
Independent Kailash 97 0.05
RJP Raja Kumar Singh 92 0.05
NOTA None 636 0.33
Majority 4,002 2.06 -3.02
Turnout 193,991
BJP gain from INC Swing +1.05

2008 results

Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 2008: Matiala[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Sumesh 52,411 40.14
BJP Kamal Jeet 45,782 35.06
BSP Manoj Bhardwaj 19,442 14.89
Independent Rao Satvir Singh 8,883 6.80
BRSP Nidhi Mahajan 1,224 0.94
SP Anita 911 0.70
LNJSP Ranjeet SIngh 350 0.27
Independent Rao Ramanand 270 0.21
Independent Randhir Singh 269 0.21
Independent O P Sharma 236 0.18
Independent Mohamad Manjoor 236 0.18
VAJP Rajesh Kumar Dubey 171 0.13
Independent Anil Jindal 148 0.11
Independent Mans Raj Tyagi 129 0.10
Independent Pooran Singh 107 0.08
Majority 6,629 5.08
Turnout 130,569 58.5
INC win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.india.com/news/india/delhi-assembly-election-constituency-wise-results-2015-complete-list-of-winning-mlas-277522/
  2. ↑ 19 old constituencies make way for new ones
  3. ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008". The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
  4. ↑ 2008 Election Commission of India