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Matiala
Matiala
Constituency No. 34 for the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	North India
State	Delhi
District	South West Delhi
LS constituency	West Delhi
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Gulab Singh
Party	Aam Aadmi Party
Elected year	2020

Matiala Assembly constituency is one of the 70 Delhi Legislative Assembly 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 Assembly segments, namely, Uttam Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Hari Nagar, Tilak Nagar, Janakpuri, Vikaspuri, Dwarka, Madipur and Najafgarh.

Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Matiala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Gulab Singh Yadav	139,010	53.20	−1.73
	BJP	Rajesh Gahlot	1,10,935	42.45	+7.74
	INC	Sumesh Shokeen	7,317	2.81	−5.91
	BSP	Sher Singh	774	0.30	−0.01
	None of the Above	None of the above	1,602	0.61	+0.14
Majority			28,075	10.75	−9.47
Turnout			2,61,598	61.56	−5.46
	AAP hold		Swing

Delhi Assembly elections, 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			2,32,829	67.02
	AAP gain from BJP		Swing	+20.18

Delhi Assembly elections, 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
	NOTA	None	636	0.33
Majority			4,002	2.06	−3.02
Turnout			1,94,228	64.13
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+1.05

Delhi Assembly elections, 2008: Matiala^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Sumesh Shokeen	52,411	40.14
	BJP	Kamaljeet Sehrawat	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
Majority			6,629	5.08
Turnout			130,569	58.5
	INC win (new seat)