Provided is a control device for an elevator including: a first control unit configured to control a hoisting machine configured to raise and lower a car and a counterweight in a hoistway; and a second control unit configured to obtain a generation torque which is a torque to be generated by the hoisting machine, and to limit the obtained generation torque to be generated by the hoisting machine so that the obtained generation torque is lower than an abnormal torque which is the generation torque generated when, under a state in which a movement of one of elevating bodies which are the car and the counterweight is limited, the other elevating body is wound by the hoisting machine.