Matiala (Delhi Assembly constituency)

Matiala
Constituency for the Vidhan Sabha
District	West Delhi
State	Delhi
Current constituency
Created	2008
Party	AAP
MLA	Bharat Bhusan Jha

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  

Election		Member	Party
	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	36.10	+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" (PDF). The Election Commission of India. p. 549.
4. 2008 Election Commission of India