1967 Delhi Metropolitan Council election

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]

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   Leader L. K. Advani Party ABJS INC RPI Seats before New New New Seats won 33 19 2 Seat change New New New
Elected Chairman of the Council L. K. Advani ABJS

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 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

Party		Seats
		Elected	Nominated	Total
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	33	2	35
	Indian National Congress	19	2	21
	Republican Party of India	2	0	2
	Independents	2	1	3
Total		56	5	61
Source: Parveen,[6] Delhi Gazetteer[7]

Executive Council members

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

• 1967 elections in India

References

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 "Act 019 of 1966 : Delhi Administration Act, 1966 (Repealed)". 6 February 1966.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. "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.