1988 elections in India

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

Legislative Assembly elections

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
Parties and coalitions		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Indian National Congress (INC)	198,028	32.65	4.97	22	3
	Hill People's Union (HPU)	162,806	26.84		19
	Hill State People's Democratic Party (HDP)	78,884	12.68	6.64	6	9
	All Party Hill Leaders Conference (Armison Marak Group)	28,391	4.68		2
	Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC)	19,402	3.2	1.62	2
	Communist Party of India (CPI)	2,206	0.36	0.16	0
	Independents (IND)	118,816	19.59	2.9	9	6

Total		606,533	100.00		60	±0
Source: Election Commission of India^[2]

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

^ 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.
^ "Meghalaya 1988". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
^ "1988 Tripura Election result".

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