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{{Short description|Council election held in Delhi, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1983 Delhi Metropolitan Council election
| country = India
| type = legislative
| vote_type = Popular 
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| party_name =
| alliance_name =
| previous_election = 1977 Delhi Metropolitan Council election
| previous_year = 1977
| next_election = 1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
| next_year = 1993
| election_date = ''2 May 1983''
| seats_for_election = 56 of 58 seats in the [[Delhi Metropolitan Council]]
| majority_seats = 30
| registered = {{formatnum:3712524}}
| turnout = 55.29%
| image_size = 100px
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Lotus flower symbol.svg|bSize=120|cWidth=120|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=0}}
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Hand INC.svg||bSize=140|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=16|oTop=0}}
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leader1 =
| leaders_seat1 =
| seats_before1 =
| popular_vote1=
| seat_change1 =
| seats1 = 44
| swing1 =

| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leader2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| seats_before2 =
| popular_vote2=
| seat_change2 =
| seats2 = 19
| swing2 =


| title = Chairman of the Council
| after_party = Indian National Congress
| after_election =
}}
'''Delhi Metropolitan Council election, 1983''' was held in [[India]]n [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] to elect 56 councillors to the [[Delhi Metropolitan Council]].<ref name="eci">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/StatisticalReportDelhi_83.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1983 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>

==Results==
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Delhi Metropolitan Council election, 1983<ref name= eci />|sortable=yes}}
!colspan=10|[[File:India Delhi Metropolitan Council 1983.svg]]
|-
!colspan=2|Party
!Candidates
!Seats won
!Votes
!Vote %
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||56||34||856,055||47.50%
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||50||19||666,605||36.99%
|-
| {{party color cell|Lok Dal}}
|align="left"|[[Lok Dal]]||6||2||73,765||4.09%
|-
| {{party color cell|Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Janata Party]]||37||1||65,980||3.66%
|-
!colspan=2|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.<ref name=dmc />

==Elected members==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!Reserved for<br/>([[Scheduled Castes|SC]]/None)
!Member
!colspan=2|Party
|-
| Sarojini Nagar || None || Ram Bhaj || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Laxmibai Nagar || None || Arjun Dass || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Gole Market || SC || R.n. Chandeliya || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Bara Khamba || None || Tajdar Babar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Delhi Contonment || None || Karan Singh Tanwar || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Minto Road || None || Subhash Chopra || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Jangpura || None || Jag Parvesh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kasturba Nagar || None || Jagdish Lal || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Lajpat Nagar || None || Ram Lal Verma || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Okhla || None || Des Raj Chhabra || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Malviya Nagar || None || Hans Raj Sethi || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| R .k. Puram || None || Archna Kumari || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Hauz Khas || None || Ashok Kumar Jain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Rajinder Nagar || None || Ram Nath Vij || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Ashok Nagar || None || Jagdish Mukhi || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Tilak Nagar || None || Jaspal Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Rajouri Garden || None || Subhash Arya || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Moti Nagar || None || Madan Lal Khurana || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Shakur Basti || None || S.c. Vats || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Rampura || None || Shyam Lal Garg || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Wazirabad || SC || Malinder Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Narela || None || Hari Ram || {{Full party name with color|Lok Dal}}
|-
| Bawana || None || Rohtash Singh || {{Full party name with color|Lok Dal}}
|-
| Najafgarh || None || [[Chaudhary Bharat Singh]]|| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Madipur || SC || Bhonri Lal Shastri || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Palam || None || Mukhtiar Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Mehrauli || SC || Kalka Dass || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Tughlaquabad || SC || Prem Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Gita Colony || None || Darshan Kumar Bahl || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Krishan Nagar || None || Sukhan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Gandhi Nagar || None || Sukhan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Shahdara || None || Narender Nath || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Rohtas Nagar || None || Ram Narain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Ghonda || None || Kalayan Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Civil Lines || None || Ram Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Kamla Nagar || None || Purushottam Goyal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Vijay Nagar || None || Chander Amrit || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Model Town || None || V.p. Khullar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Chandni Chowk || None || Vas Dev Kaptan || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Ballimaran || None || Mehtab Chand Jain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Ajmeri Gate || None || Mirza Siddiq Ali || {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| Kucha Pati Ram || None || Ashok Jain || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Matia Mahal || None || Begum Khursheeed Kidwai || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Pahar Ganj || None || Ranjit Rai Sharma || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Ram Nagar || SC || Babu Ram Solanki || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Qasabpura || None || Mohd. Ismail || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Deputy Ganj || None || Satish Saxena || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Sohan Ganj || None || Nand Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Shakti Nagar || None || Kulanand Bhartiya || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Karampura || None || P.k. Chandla || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Sarai Rohilla || None || Bansi Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Motia Khan || None || Manohar Lal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Dev Nagar || SC || Moti Lal Sakolia || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Patel Nagar || None || Mawa Ram Arya || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
| Anand Parbat || SC || Gurbax Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| Shadipur || SC || Sundervati Naval Pravhakar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Delhi elections}}

[[Category:1983 elections in India]]
[[Category:Elections in Delhi]]
[[Category:Local elections in Delhi]]
[[Category:1980s in Delhi]]

1983 Delhi Metropolitan Council election - Revision history

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