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]
Results
Template:Election table
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
|-
| Template:Party color cell
|align="left"|Indian National Congress||52||44||681,324||48.54%
|-
| Template:Party color cell
|align="left"|Bharatiya Jana Sangh||56||5||540,069||38.47%
|-
| Template:Party color cell
|align="left"|Communist Party of India||4||3||54,183||3.86%
|-
| Template:Party color cell
|align="left"|Congress (O)||19||2||27,540||1.96%
|-
| Template:Party color cell
|align="left"|Independent||104||2||78,208||5.57%
|-
|
! Total !! - !! 56 !! - !! -
|-
|}
The election elected Second Delhi Metropolitan Council. Mir Mushtaq Ahmed was Chairman of the council, Jag Parvesh Chandra being Deputy Chairman.[3]