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1977 Delhi Metropolitan Council election
← 1972 6 October 1977 1983 →
56 of 61 seats in the Delhi Metropolitan Council
31 seats needed for a majority
Registered2,740,443
Turnout55.85%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Kalka Dass
Party JP INC
Seats before New 44
Seats won 46 10
Seat change New Decrease34
Popular vote 52.58% 36.15%
Chairman of the Council before election

Mir Mustaq Ahmed

 Elected Chairman of the Council

Kalka Dass
JP

Delhi Metropolitan Council election, 1977 was held in Indian National Capital Territory of Delhi to elect 56 councillors to the Delhi Metropolitan Council. This Council had no legislative powers, but only an advisory role in administration of the territory.

Results

Summary of results of the Delhi Legislative Assembly election, 1977
Party Candidates Seats won Votes Vote %
Janata Party 56 46 783,873 52.88%
Indian National Congress 52 10 538,974 36.15%
Total 249 56 1,490,959

The election elected Third Delhi Metropolitan Council. Kalka Dass was Chairman of the Council, Begum Khursheed Kidwai being Deputy Chairman.

Elected members

Constituency Reserved for
(SC/None) 		Member Party
Sarojini Nagar None P.n. Singh Janata Party
Laxmibai Nagar None Kidar Nath Sachdeva Janata Party
Gole Market SC Swarup Chand 'rajan' Janata Party
Bara Khamba None Shiv Charan Gupta Janata Party
Delhi Contonment None Vimal Nagi Indian National Congress
Minto Road None Viresh Pratap Choudhary Janata Party
Jangpura None Inder Mohan Sehgal Janata Party
Kasturba Nagar None Jaswant Singh Phull Janata Party
Lajpat Nagar None Ram Lal Verma Janata Party
Okhla None Lalit Mohan Gautam Janata Party
Malviya Nagar None Hans Raj Sethi Janata Party
R.k. Puram None Ram Bhaj Janata Party
Hauz Khas None K.k. Gupta Janata Party
Rajinder Nagar None Ram Nath Vij Janata Party
Ashok Nagar None Vishnu Dutt Janata Party
Tilak Nagar None O.p. Babbar Janata Party
Rajouri Garden None Harbhagwan Arora Janata Party
Moti Nagar None Madan Lal Khurana Janata Party
Shakur Basti None Ram Gopal Sisodia Janata Party
Rampura None Janardan Gupta Janata Party
Wazirabad SC Mool Chand Indian National Congress
Narela None Shanti Swaroop Tyagi Janata Party
Bawana None Rohtas Janata Party
Najafgarh None Chaudhary Bharat Singh Indian National Congress
Madipur SC Bhore Lal Indian National Congress
Palam None L. Singh Janata Party
Mehrauli SC Kalka Dass Janata Party
Tughlaqabad SC Prem Singh Indian National Congress
Gita Colony None Ishwar Dass Mahajan Janata Party
Gandhi Nagar None Som Nath Janata Party
Krishna Nagar None Yog Dhayan Ahuja Janata Party
Shahdara None Devendra Kumar Jain Janata Party
Rohtas Nagar None Ved Prakash Indian National Congress
Ghonda None Fateh Singh Janata Party
Civil Lines None Kanwar Lal Sharma Janata Party
Kamla Nagar None Charti Lal Goel Janata Party
Vijay Nagar None Prashant Kumar Janata Party
Model Town None Mahavir Vaid Janata Party
Chandni Chowk None Raj Kumar Jain Janata Party
Ballimaran None Vishwambhar Datt Sharma Janata Party
Ajmeri Gate None Sanwal Dass Gupta Janata Party
Kucha Pati Ram None Rajesh Sharma Alias Vasudev Janata Party
Matia Mahal None Begum Khurshid Janata Party
Pahar Ganj None Amar Nath Kumar Janata Party
Ram Nagar SC Babu Ram Solanki Indian National Congress
Qasabpura None Mohd. Ismail Janata Party
Deputy Ganj None Shyam Chanran Gupta Janata Party
Sohan Ganj None Inder Mohan Bhardwaj Janata Party
Shakti Nagar None Satya Pal Chugh Janata Party
Karampura None Brij Mohan Toofan Janata Party
Sarai Rohilla None D.d. Vasisht Janata Party
Motia Khan None Pushpa Kale Janata Party
Dev Nagar SC Moti Lal Bakolia Indian National Congress
Patel Nagar None Kedar Nath Sahni Janata Party
Anand Parbat SC Dharam Dass Shastri Indian National Congress
Shadipur SC Sundervati Naval Prabhakar Indian National Congress

References

  1. ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF DELHI
  2. ^ "Delhi Metropolitan Council". delhiassembly.nic.in. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
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