1972 Delhi Metropolitan Council election

Delhi Metropolitan Council election, 1972 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]

1972 Delhi Metropolitan Council election

← 1967 11 March 1972 1977 →
56 of 61 seats in the Delhi Metropolitan Council 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	2,068,437
Turnout	68.86%
Majority party Minority party   Party INC ABJS Seats won 44 5
Elected Chairman of the Council INC

Results

Summary of results of the Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1972^[3]

Party		Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Vote%
	Indian National Congress	52	44	681,324	48.54%
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	56	5	540,069	38.47%
	Communist Party of India	4	3	54,183	3.86%
	Congress (O)	19	2	27,540	1.96%
	Independent	104	2	78,208	5.57%
Total		-	56	-	-

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/None)	Member	Party
Sarojini Nagar	None	P. N. Singh		Indian National Congress
Lakshmi Bai Nagar	None	Arjun Das		Indian National Congress
Gole Market	None	Asoke Chatterjee		Indian National Congress
Prithvi Raj Road	None	Pushpa Devi Gupta		Indian National Congress
Barakhamba	None	A. L. Ralia Ram		Indian National Congress
Minto Road	None	Surinder Saini		Indian National Congress
Jangpura	None	Jag Pravesh Chander		Indian National Congress
Kasturba Nagar	SC	C. L. Balmiki		Indian National Congress
Lajpat Nagar	None	Archna		Indian National Congress
Kalkaji	None	V. P. Singh		Indian National Congress
Ramakrishnapuram	None	Jagdish Chander		Indian National Congress
Delhi Cantonment	None	Brij Lal Dua		Indian National Congress
Rajinder Nagar	None	Thakur Das		Indian National Congress
Ashok Nagar	None	Rajander Kumar Tanwar		Indian National Congress
Subhash Nagar	None	Manmohan Singh		Indian National Congress
Moti Nagar	None	K. C. Malik		Indian National Congress
Shakurbasti	None	Sri Chand		Communist Party of India
Badli	SC	Mool Chand		Indian National Congress
Narela	None	Heera Singh		Indian National Congress
Bawana	None	Tek Chand		Independent
Nangloi	None	Bharat Singh		Indian National Congress
Najafgarh	None	Hukam Singh		Indian National Congress
Palam	None	Mange Ram		Indian National Congress
Tughlaqabad	SC	Prem Singh		Indian National Congress
Geeta Colony	None	Brij Lal Goswami		Indian National Congress
Gandhi Nagar	None	Inder Singh Azad		Indian National Congress
Shahdara	None	Ram Narain		Indian National Congress
Ghonda	None	Hargain Singh		Indian National Congress
Vijay Nagar	None	B.d. Wadhwa		Indian National Congress
Kamla Nagar	None	Purushotam Lal Goel		Indian National Congress
Timarpur	None	Amar Nath Malhotra		Indian National Congress
Kashmere Gate	None	Om Prakash Behl		Indian National Congress
Chandni Chowk	None	Rama Shanker		Indian National Congress
Darya Ganj	None	Dalit Kumar Tandan		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Dariba	None	Mehtab Chand Jain		Indian National Congress
Matia Mahal	None	Sikander Bakht		Indian National Congress
Chawri Bazar	None	Anwar Ali Dhehlvi		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Ballimaran	None	Mohd. Ahmed		Independent
Ajmeri Gate	None	Mirza Siddiq Ali		Indian National Congress
Kalan Masjid	None	Rajesh Sharma		Indian National Congress
Paharganj	None	Madan Lal Khurana		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Ram Nagar	None	Satya Prakash		Indian National Congress
Basti Julahan	SC	Prabhu Dayal		Indian National Congress
Qasab Pura	None	Roshan Lal		Indian National Congress
Deputy Ganj	None	Shyam Chanran Gupta		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Pratap Nagar	None	Ved Parkash		Indian National Congress
Arya Pura	None	Ram Chander Sharma		Communist Party of India
Shakti Nagar	None	Radhey Lal		Indian National Congress
Sarai Rohilla	None	Iqbal Krishna Trehan		Indian National Congress
Kishan Ganj	None	B.d. Joshit		Communist Party of India
Motia Khan	None	Bansilal Chauhan		Indian National Congress
Tibbia College	None	R. P. Mittal		Indian National Congress
Rehgarpura	SC	Sunder Wati N Parbhaker		Indian National Congress
Dev Nagar	SC	Moti Lal Bokalia		Indian National Congress
Patel Nagar	None	Vijay Kumar Malhotra		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Anand Parbat	SC	Krishan Swarup		Indian National Congress

Executive Council members

Name	Role
Mir Mustaq Ahmed	Chairman
Jag Parvesh Chandra	Dy. Chairman
Radha Raman	C.E.C
O.P.Behl	E.C. (CS)
Mange Ram	E.C. (Fin)
Hira Singh	E.C. (Rev.)
Rajni Kant	Secretary
Source:[2]

References

1. "Delhi 1972". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
2. "Delhi Metropolitan Council (1966-1990)". delhiassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
3. Radha Raman, ed. (1 April 1976). "Delhi Gazetteer - 1976". Delhi. p. 974.