1967 Delhi Metropolitan Council election

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1967 Delhi Metropolitan Council election

February 1967 1972 →

56 of 61 seats in the Delhi Metropolitan Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  Oil lamp drawing.png Hand INC.svg Flag of various Republican Parties of India.svg
Leader L. K. Advani
Party Bharatiya Jana Sangh INC Republican Party of India
Seats before New New New
Seats won 33 19 2
Seat change New New New

Elected Chairman of the Council

L. K. Advani
Bharatiya Jana Sangh

The first elections for the Delhi Metropolitan Council were held in Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi in February 1967.[1] L. K. Advani of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh was sworn in as the Chairman of the Council.[2]

On 1 November 1956, under States Reorganisation Act, 1956, Delhi was converted from a state to a Union Territory.[3] This resulted in the dissolution of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. In September 1966, with the passing of the The Delhi Administration Act, 1966,[4] the Delhi Metropolitan Council came into being, with 56 elected and five nominated members with the Lt. Governor of Delhi as its head. The Council however had no legislative powers, only an advisory role in the governance of Delhi. This set up functioned until 1990.[5]

Results[edit]

India Delhi Metropolitan Council 1967.svg
PartySeats
ElectedNominatedTotal
Bharatiya Jana Sangh33235
Indian National Congress19221
Republican Party of India202
Independents213
Total56561
Source: Parveen,[6] Delhi Gazetteer[7]

Executive Council members[edit]

Name Role
L. K. Advani Chairman
Shyam Charan Gupta Dy. Chairman
Janardhan Gupta
Vijay Kumar Malhotra C.E.C
Ram Lal Verma E.C. (CS)
Amar Chand Shubh E.C. (Fin)
Shiv Narain Sarsonia E.C. (Rev.)
R.K.Baweja Secretary
Source:[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Important Events in the History of the old Secretariat" (PDF). Delhi Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 1 December 2021. February, 1967 -- First election to the Metropolitan Council
  2. "Lal Krishna Advani: An epic rise & silent fall of a one-time Hindutva icon". www.mangalorean.com. IANS. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2021. After the 1967 elections, he became the leader of the city's Metropolitan Council.
  3. "Reorganisation of States, 1955" (PDF). The Economic Weekly. 15 October 1955. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  4. "Act 019 of 1966 : Delhi Administration Act, 1966 (Repealed)". 6 February 1966. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Delhi Metropolitan Council (1966-1990)". Delhi Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. Nazima Parveen (2021). Contested Homelands: Politics of Space and Identity. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9789389000917. BJS won thirty-three of fifty-six seats of the Delhi Metropolitan Council election in 1967..
  7. Radha Raman, ed. (1 April 1976). "Delhi Gazetteer - 1976". Delhi. p. 974.