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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Delhi Metropolitan Council election, 1977''' was held in [[India]]n [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] to elect 56 councillors to the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly|Delhi Metropolitan Council]].<ref name="eci">Election Commission of India. ''[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3868-delhi-1977/ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF DELHI]''</ref> This Council had no legislative powers, but only an advisory role in administration of the territory.<ref name=dmc>{{cite web |url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/metropoliton.htm |title= Delhi Metropolitan Council|date= |website=delhiassembly.nic.in|publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]] |accessdate=19 March 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Results==<br />
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1977<ref name= eci />|sortable=yes}}<br />
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!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|Janata Party}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Janata Party]]||56||46||783,873||52.88%<br />
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| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||52||10||538,974||36.15%<br />
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! Total !! 249 !! 56 !! 1,490,959 !!<br />
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The election elected Third Delhi Metropolitan Council. [[Kalka Dass]] was Chairman of the Council, Begum Khursheed Kidwai being Deputy Chairman.<ref name=dmc /><br />
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