1983 Delhi Metropolitan Council election
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56 of 58 seats in the Delhi Metropolitan Council 30 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||
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| Registered | 3,712,524 | ||||||||||||
| Turnout | 55.29% | ||||||||||||
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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
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| 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
[edit]| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/None) |
Member | Party | |
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| 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
[edit]- ^ a b Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1983 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF DELHI
- ^ a b "Delhi Metropolitan Council". delhiassembly.nic.in. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 19 March 2014.