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'''Delhi Metropolitan Council election, 1972''' was held in [[India]]n [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] to elect 56 councillors to the [[Delhi Metropolitan Council]].<ref>https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3867-delhi-1972/</ref> This council had no legislative powers, but only an advisory role in administration of the territory.<ref>http://delhiassembly.nic.in/metropoliton.htm</ref><br />
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==Results==<br />
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1972|sortable=yes}}<br />
|- align=center<br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|<!-- color --><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party<br><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates<br><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected<br><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes<br><br />
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes<br><br />
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| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||52||44||681,324||48.54%<br />
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| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]||56||5||540,069||38.47%<br />
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| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India]]||4||3||54,183||3.86%<br />
|-<br />
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress (Organisation)}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|Congress (O)]]||19||2||27,540||1.96%<br />
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| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||104||2||78,208||5.57%<br />
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! Total !! - !! 56 !! - !! -<br />
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The election elected Second Delhi Metropolitan Council. Mir Mushtaq Ahmed was Chairman of the council, Jag Parvesh Chandra being Deputy Chairman.<ref>http://delhiassembly.nic.in/metropoliton.htm</ref><br />
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