1983 Delhi Metropolitan Council election

1983 Delhi Metropolitan Council election
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56 of 58 seats in the Delhi Metropolitan Council
30 seats needed for a majority
Registered3,712,524
Turnout55.29%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party INC BJP
Seats won 44 19
Elected Chairman of the Council


INC

Delhi Metropolitan Council election, 1983 was held in Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi to elect 56 councillors to the Delhi Metropolitan Council.[1] This council had no legislative powers, but only an advisory role in administration of the territory.[2]

Results

Summary of results of the Delhi Metropolitan Council election, 1983[1]
Party Candidates Seats won Votes Vote %
Indian National Congress 56 34 856,055 47.50%
Bharatiya Janata Party 50 19 666,605 36.99%
Lok Dal 6 2 73,765 4.09%
Janata Party 37 1 65,980 3.66%
Total 400 56 1,802,118

The election elected Fourth Delhi Metropolitan Council. Purushottam Goel was Chairman of the council, Tajdar Babar being deputy chairman.[2]

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/None) 		Member Party
Sarojini Nagar None Ram Bhaj Bharatiya Janata Party
Laxmibai Nagar None Arjun Dass Indian National Congress
Gole Market SC R.n. Chandeliya Indian National Congress
Bara Khamba None Tajdar Babar Indian National Congress
Delhi Contonment None Karan Singh Tanwar Bharatiya Janata Party
Minto Road None Subhash Chopra Indian National Congress
Jangpura None Jag Parvesh Indian National Congress
Kasturba Nagar None Jagdish Lal Bharatiya Janata Party
Lajpat Nagar None Ram Lal Verma Bharatiya Janata Party
Okhla None Des Raj Chhabra Indian National Congress
Malviya Nagar None Hans Raj Sethi Bharatiya Janata Party
R .k. Puram None Archna Kumari Bharatiya Janata Party
Hauz Khas None Ashok Kumar Jain Indian National Congress
Rajinder Nagar None Ram Nath Vij Bharatiya Janata Party
Ashok Nagar None Jagdish Mukhi Bharatiya Janata Party
Tilak Nagar None Jaspal Singh Indian National Congress
Rajouri Garden None Subhash Arya Bharatiya Janata Party
Moti Nagar None Madan Lal Khurana Bharatiya Janata Party
Shakur Basti None S.c. Vats Indian National Congress
Rampura None Shyam Lal Garg Bharatiya Janata Party
Wazirabad SC Malinder Singh Indian National Congress
Narela None Hari Ram Lok Dal
Bawana None Rohtash Singh Lok Dal
Najafgarh None Bharat Singh Indian National Congress
Madipur SC Bhonri Lal Shastri Indian National Congress
Palam None Mukhtiar Singh Indian National Congress
Mehrauli SC Kalka Dass Bharatiya Janata Party
Tughlaquabad SC Prem Singh Indian National Congress
Gita Colony None Darshan Kumar Bahl Bharatiya Janata Party
Krishan Nagar None Sukhan Indian National Congress
Gandhi Nagar None Sukhan Indian National Congress
Shahdara None Narender Nath Indian National Congress
Rohtas Nagar None Ram Narain Indian National Congress
Ghonda None Kalayan Singh Indian National Congress
Civil Lines None Ram Lal Indian National Congress
Kamla Nagar None Purushottam Goyal Indian National Congress
Vijay Nagar None Chander Amrit Indian National Congress
Model Town None V.p. Khullar Indian National Congress
Chandni Chowk None Vas Dev Kaptan Bharatiya Janata Party
Ballimaran None Mehtab Chand Jain Indian National Congress
Ajmeri Gate None Mirza Siddiq Ali Janata Party
Kucha Pati Ram None Ashok Jain Indian National Congress
Matia Mahal None Begum Khursheeed Kidwai Bharatiya Janata Party
Pahar Ganj None Ranjit Rai Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
Ram Nagar SC Babu Ram Solanki Indian National Congress
Qasabpura None Mohd. Ismail Bharatiya Janata Party
Deputy Ganj None Satish Saxena Indian National Congress
Sohan Ganj None Nand Lal Indian National Congress
Shakti Nagar None Kulanand Bhartiya Indian National Congress
Karampura None P.k. Chandla Bharatiya Janata Party
Sarai Rohilla None Bansi Lal Indian National Congress
Motia Khan None Manohar Lal Indian National Congress
Dev Nagar SC Moti Lal Sakolia Indian National Congress
Patel Nagar None Mawa Ram Arya Bharatiya Janata Party
Anand Parbat SC Gurbax Singh Indian National Congress
Shadipur SC Sundervati Naval Pravhakar Indian National Congress

References

  1. ^ a b Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1983 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF DELHI
  2. ^ a b "Delhi Metropolitan Council". delhiassembly.nic.in. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 19 March 2014.