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).^[1][2]

Shoaib Iqbal
Member of the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 February 2020
Preceded by	Asim Ahmed Khan
Constituency	Matia Mahal
In office 2 December 1993 – 28 December 2013
Preceded by	constituency established
Succeeded by	Asim Ahmed Khan
Constituency	Matia Mahal
Personal details
Born	(1958-05-01) 1 May 1958 (age 66) Delhi, India
Citizenship	Indian
Political party	Aam Aadmi Party (2020 – present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress and (others)
Children	Aaley Mohammad Iqbal Ahmed Hasan Iqbal
Alma mater	Anglo Arabic Senior Secondary School, Zakir Hussain College
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Businessman politician
Religion	Islam

Personal life

Shoaib Iqbal was married in 1980 and has two sons Aaley Muhammad Iqbal and Ahmed Hasan Iqbal. Aaley Muhammad Iqbal is Deputy Mayor of MCD.^[3]

Shoaib Iqbal's family is also active in Old Delhi politics. His nephew Khurram Iqbal was a Councillor from Jama Masjid.^[4][5][6] His nephew's mother in law Sultana Abad Khan is the Councillor from Jama Masjid Ward.^[7]

In the 2022 Delhi MCD elections, Shoaib Iqbals close assistant Hafeez's daughter was also elected as a councillor from Sita Ram Bazar constituency in 2022.^[8]

Political career

Shoaib Iqbal was active in student politics during his college days, and was the Secretary at the students union at Zakir Husain Delhi College.^[9]

Shoaib Iqbal has earned a reputation in early days by harassing poor people and demanding money from them to carry out construction activities. After the MCD officials tried to stop an illegal construction, Iqbal assaulted their officer. He was also involved in the controversial land deal between an alleged local mafia and Dubai-based company to open a luxury hotel near the Jama Masjid.^[10]

Shoaib contested his first election in 1993 on Janata Dal ticket. Later, he joined Janata Dal (United) and headed Minority Morcha of the Party. In 2014, he joined Indian National Congress party and subsequently won Delhi Legislative Assembly elections from Matia Mahal (Vidhan Sabha constituency) for five terms in 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2013.^[11] Shoaib was defeated by Asim Ahmed Khan of Aam Aadmi Party in 2015 Assembly Elections.^[12] In 2020, Shoaib Iqbal joined the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, right before 2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election.^[13] He also served as Deputy Speaker of Delhi Legislative Assembly.^[14]

Positions held

#	From	To	Position	Party	Comments
01	1993	1998	MLA, 1st Delhi Assembly	Janata Dal	Elected
02	1994	1995	Member, Committee on Privileges[15]	Janata Dal	Appointed
03	1995	1997	Member, Committee on Assembly Rules[16]	Janata Dal	Appointed
04	1996	1999	Member, Business Advisory Committee[17]	Janata Dal	Appointed
05	1998	1999	Member, Committee on Private Member's Bills & Resolution[18]	Janata Dal	Appointed
06	1998	2003	MLA, 2nd Delhi Assembly	Janata Dal (United)	Elected
07	1999	2003	Member, Business Advisory Committee[17]	Janata Dal (United)	Appointed
08	2000	2003	Member, Committee on Assembly Rules[16]	Janata Dal (United)	Appointed
09	2003	2008	MLA, 3rd Delhi Assembly	Janata Dal (Secular)	Elected
10	2003	2004	Member, Committee on Private Member's Bills & Resolution[18]	Janata Dal (Secular)	Appointed
11	2004	2008	Deputy Speaker, Delhi Legislative Assembly[19]	Janata Dal (Secular)	Appointed
12	2008	2013	MLA, 4th Delhi Assembly	Lok Janshakti Party	Elected
13	2009	2010	Member, Committee on Environment[20]	Janata Dal (Secular)	Appointed
14	2013	2014	MLA, 5th Delhi Assembly[19]	Janata Dal (United)	Elected
15	2020	-	MLA, 7th Delhi Assembly[21]	Aam Aadmi Party	Elected
16	2020	-	Chairman: Standing Committee on Public Utilities and Civic Amenities related PWD, Jal Board, Power & Flood Control[22]	Aam Aadmi Party	Appointed

Electoral performance

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Delhi Assembly elections, 2020: Matia Mahal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Shoaib Iqbal	67,282	75.96	+16.73
	BJP	Ravinder Gupta	17,041	19.24	+7.91
	INC	Mirza Javed Ali	3,409	3.85	−22.90
	BSP	Tej Ram	223	0.25	−0.24
	NOTA	None of the above	216	0.24	−0.01
Majority			50,241	56.72	+24.24
Turnout			88,590	70.43	+1.12
	AAP hold		Swing	+16.73

References

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8. "Young and restless: 15 winners are under 30, want to usher in change". The Times of India. 9 December 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
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