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{{Short description|Council election held in Delhi, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
'''Delhi Metropolitan Council election, 1983''' was held in [[India]]n [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] to elect 56 councillors to the [[Delhi Metropolitan Council]].<ref name="eci">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/StatisticalReportDelhi_83.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1983 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF DELHI]''</ref> This Council had no legislative powers, but only an advisory role in administration of the territory.<ref name=dmc>{{cite web |url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/metropoliton.htm |title= Delhi Metropolitan Council|date= |website=delhiassembly.nic.in|publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |accessdate=19 March 2014}}</ref>
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1983 Delhi Metropolitan Council election
| country = India
| type = legislative
| vote_type = Popular &lt;!-- default --&gt;
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| party_name =
| alliance_name =
| previous_election = 1977 Delhi Metropolitan Council election
| previous_year = 1977
| next_election = 1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1993
| election_date = ''2 May 1983''
| seats_for_election = 56 of 58 seats in the [[Delhi Metropolitan Council]]
| majority_seats = 30
| registered = {{formatnum:3712524}}
| turnout = 55.29%
| image_size = 100px
| image2            = {{CSS image crop|Image=Lotus flower symbol.svg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=0}}
| image1            = {{CSS image crop|Image=Hand INC.svg||bSize=140|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=16|oTop=0}}
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leader1 =
| leaders_seat1 =
| seats_before1 =
| popular_vote1=
| seat_change1 =
| seats1 = 44
| swing1 =
 
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leader2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| seats_before2 =
| popular_vote2=
| seat_change2 =
| seats2 = 19
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&lt;!-- Chairman --&gt;
| title = Chairman of the Council
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election =
}}
'''Delhi Metropolitan Council election, 1983''' was held in [[India]]n [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] to elect 56 councillors to the [[Delhi Metropolitan Council]].&lt;ref name="eci"&gt;Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/StatisticalReportDelhi_83.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1983 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF DELHI]''&lt;/ref&gt; This council had no legislative powers, but only an advisory role in administration of the territory.&lt;ref name=dmc&gt;{{cite web |url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/metropoliton.htm |title= Delhi Metropolitan Council|date= |website=delhiassembly.nic.in|publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |accessdate=19 March 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;


==Results==
==Results==
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1983<ref name= eci />|sortable=yes}}
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Delhi Metropolitan Council election, 1983&lt;ref name= eci /&gt;|sortable=yes}}
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!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party<br>
!colspan=2|Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates<br>
!Candidates
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected<br>
!Seats won
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes<br>
!Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes<br>
!Vote %
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| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
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|align="left"|[[Janata Party]]||37||1||65,980||3.66%
|align="left"|[[Janata Party]]||37||1||65,980||3.66%
|-
|-
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!colspan=2|Total !! 400 !! 56 !! 1,802,118 !!
! Total !! 400 !! 56 !! 1,802,118 !!
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The election elected Fourth Delhi Metropolitan Council. Purushottam Goel was Chairman of the Council, Tajdar Babar being Deputy Chairman.<ref name=dmc />
The election elected Fourth Delhi Metropolitan Council. Purushottam Goel was Chairman of the council, Tajdar Babar being deputy chairman.&lt;ref name=dmc /&gt;
 
==Elected members==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!Reserved for&lt;br/&gt;([[Scheduled Castes|SC]]/None)
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
| Sarojini Nagar || None || Ram Bhaj || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Laxmibai Nagar || None || Arjun Dass || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Gole Market || SC || R.n. Chandeliya || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Bara Khamba || None || Tajdar Babar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Delhi Contonment || None || Karan Singh Tanwar || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Minto Road || None || Subhash Chopra || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Jangpura || None || Jag Parvesh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kasturba Nagar || None || Jagdish Lal || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Lajpat Nagar || None || Ram Lal Verma || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Okhla || None || Des Raj Chhabra || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Malviya Nagar || None || Hans Raj Sethi || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| R .k. Puram || None || Archna Kumari || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Hauz Khas || None || Ashok Kumar Jain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Rajinder Nagar || None || Ram Nath Vij || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Ashok Nagar || None || Jagdish Mukhi || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Tilak Nagar || None || Jaspal Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Rajouri Garden || None || Subhash Arya || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Moti Nagar || None || Madan Lal Khurana || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Shakur Basti || None || S.c. Vats || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Rampura || None || Shyam Lal Garg || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Wazirabad || SC || Malinder Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Narela || None || Hari Ram || {{Full party name with color|Lok Dal}}
|-
| Bawana || None || Rohtash Singh || {{Full party name with color|Lok Dal}}
|-
| Najafgarh || None || [[Chaudhary Bharat Singh]]|| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Madipur || SC || Bhonri Lal Shastri || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Palam || None || Mukhtiar Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Mehrauli || SC || Kalka Dass || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Tughlaquabad || SC || Prem Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Gita Colony || None || Darshan Kumar Bahl || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Krishan Nagar || None || Sukhan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Gandhi Nagar || None || Sukhan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Shahdara || None || Narender Nath || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Rohtas Nagar || None || Ram Narain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Ghonda || None || Kalayan Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Civil Lines || None || Ram Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kamla Nagar || None || Purushottam Goyal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Vijay Nagar || None || Chander Amrit || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Model Town || None || V.p. Khullar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Chandni Chowk || None || Vas Dev Kaptan || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Ballimaran || None || Mehtab Chand Jain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Ajmeri Gate || None || Mirza Siddiq Ali || {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| Kucha Pati Ram || None || Ashok Jain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Matia Mahal || None || Begum Khursheeed Kidwai || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Pahar Ganj || None || Ranjit Rai Sharma || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Ram Nagar || SC || Babu Ram Solanki || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Qasabpura || None || Mohd. Ismail || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Deputy Ganj || None || Satish Saxena || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sohan Ganj || None || Nand Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Shakti Nagar || None || Kulanand Bhartiya || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Karampura || None || P.k. Chandla || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Sarai Rohilla || None || Bansi Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Motia Khan || None || Manohar Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Dev Nagar || SC || Moti Lal Sakolia || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Patel Nagar || None || Mawa Ram Arya || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Anand Parbat || SC || Gurbax Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Shadipur || SC || Sundervati Naval Pravhakar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1983 elections in India]]
[[Category:Elections in Delhi]]
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[[Category:Autonomous district council elections in India]]
[[Category:1980s in Delhi]]
[[Category:1980s in Delhi]]

Revision as of 11:05, 25 November 2025


1983 Delhi Metropolitan Council election
← 1977 2 May 1983 1993 →
56 of 58 seats in the Delhi Metropolitan Council
30 seats needed for a majority
Registered3,712,524
Turnout55.29%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Hand INC.svg
Lotus flower symbol.svg
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.<ref name="eci">Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1983 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF DELHI</ref> This council had no legislative powers, but only an advisory role in administration of the territory.<ref name=dmc>"Delhi Metropolitan Council". delhiassembly.nic.in. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 19 March 2014.</ref>

Results

e • d 
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.<ref name=dmc />

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for<br/>(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 Chaudhary 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

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