Delhi Metropolitan Council election, 1983 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 |- 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 |- | |align="left"|Indian National Congress||56||34||856,055||47.50% |- | |align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||50||19||666,605||36.99% |- | |align="left"|Lok Dal||6||2||73,765||4.09% |- | |align="left"|Janata Party||37||1||65,980||3.66% |- | ! 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. Elected members References 1983 elections in India Elections in Delhi Local elections in Delhi Autonomous district council elections in India 1980s in Delhi