1988 elections in India

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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.

## Legislative Assembly elections

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### Meghalaya

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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

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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]

### Tripura

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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

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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

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Main article: 1988 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

## References

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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".

## External links

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* "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India.

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