1988 elections in India

Elections in India
1988
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Elections in the Republic of India in 1988 included elections to 2 state legislative assemblies and to seats in the Rajya Sabha.


Overall Result

Polling Date(s) State Government before Chief Minister before Government after Elected Chief Minister Maps
2 February 1988 Meghalaya Indian National Congress Williamson A. Sangma Indian National Congress P. A. Sangma
Tripura Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nripen Chakraborty Indian National Congress Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar

Legislative Assembly elections

Meghalaya

Main article: 1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election

Elections were held on 2 February for the Legislative Assembly.[1]

← Summary of the 2 February 1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results →
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 198,028 32.65 4.97 Increase 22 3 Decrease
Hill People's Union (HPU) 162,806 26.84 19
Hill State People's Democratic Party (HDP) 78,884 12.68 6.64 Decrease 6 9 Decrease
All Party Hill Leaders Conference (Armison Marak Group) 28,391 4.68 2
Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC) 19,402 3.2 1.62 Decrease 2 Steady
Communist Party of India (CPI) 2,206 0.36 0.16 Decrease 0 Steady
Independents (IND) 118,816 19.59 2.9 Decrease 9 6 Increase
Total 606,533 100.00 60 ±0
Source: Election Commission of India[2]

Tripura

Main article: 1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Performance of the political parties[3]
Party Seats Contested Seats Won No. of Votes % of Votes 1983 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 10 0 1,757 0.15% 0
Communist Party of India 1 0 9,314 0.82% 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 55 26 520,697 45.82% 37
Indian National Congress 46 25 424,241 37.33% 12
Janata Party 10 0 1,138 0.10% 0
All India Forward Block 1 0 7,631 0.67% 0
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2 2 18,182 1.60% 2
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 14 7 119,599 10.52% 6
Independents 81 0 33,846 2.98% 3
Total 220 60 1,136,405

Rajya Sabha

Main article: 1988 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

References

  1. ^ Warjri, Antarwell (March 2017). "Role of Regional Political Parties and Formation of the Coalition Governments in Meghalaya" (PDF). International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies. 3 (5): 206–218. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Meghalaya 1988". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. ^ "1988 Tripura Election result".
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