1988 elections in India

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  1987 1988 1989  

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

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Overall Result

Polling Date(s)StateGovernment beforeChief Minister beforeGovernment afterElected Chief MinisterMaps
2 February 1988 Meghalaya Indian National Congress Williamson A. Sangma Indian National Congress P. A. Sangma IN-ML.svg
Tripura Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nripen Chakraborty Indian National Congress Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar IN-TR.svg

Legislative Assembly elections

Meghalaya

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

Summary of the 2 February 1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election results
Parties and coalitionsPopular voteSeats
Votes %±pp Won+/−
Indian National Congress (INC)198,02832.654.97 Increase2.svg223 Decrease2.svg
Hill People's Union (HPU)162,80626.8419
Hill State People's Democratic Party (HDP)78,88412.686.64 Decrease2.svg69 Decrease2.svg
All Party Hill Leaders Conference (Armison Marak Group)28,3914.682
Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC) 19,4023.21.62 Decrease2.svg2Steady2.svg
Communist Party of India (CPI)2,2060.360.16 Decrease2.svg0Steady2.svg
Independents (IND)118,81619.592.9 Decrease2.svg96 Increase2.svg
Total606,533100.0060±0
Source: Election Commission of India [2]

Tripura

Performance of the political parties [3]
PartySeats ContestedSeats WonNo. of Votes % of Votes1983 Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party 1001,7570.15%0
Communist Party of India 109,3140.82%0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5526520,69745.82%37
Indian National Congress 4625424,24137.33%12
Janata Party 1001,1380.10%0
All India Forward Block 107,6310.67%0
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2218,1821.60%2
Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti 147119,59910.52%6
Independents 81033,8462.98%3
Total220601,136,405

Rajya Sabha

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".