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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[edit | edit source]

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
2 February 1988	Tripura		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Nripen Chakraborty		Indian National Congress	Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar

Legislative Assembly elections[edit | edit source]

Meghalaya[edit | edit source]

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]

Tripura[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ 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".

External links[edit | edit source]

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

[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.

[:1-2] "Meghalaya 1988". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

[3] "1988 Tripura Election result".

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+{{Infobox election
+| election_name     = Elections in India
+| country           = India
+| previous_election = 1987 elections in India
+| previous_year     = 1987
+| election_date     = 1988
+| next_election     = 1989 elections in India
+| next_year         = 1989
+}}
 {{Politics of India}}
+'''Elections in the Republic of India''' in ''1988'' included elections to 2 state legislative assemblies and to seats in the [[Rajya Sabha]].
+==Overall result==
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+|-
+! Polling Date(s)
+! State
+! colspan="2" |Government before
+! Chief Minister before
+! colspan="2" |Government after
+! Elected Chief Minister
+! Maps
+|- style="text-align:center;"
+|rowspan="2" | 2 February 1988
+|[[1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Meghalaya]]
+|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
+|[[Williamson A. Sangma]]
+|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
+|[[P. A. Sangma]]
+|[[File:IN-ML.svg|50px]]
+|-style="text-align:center;"
+|[[1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|Tripura]]
+| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
+| align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
+|[[Nripen Chakraborty]]
+|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
+|[[Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar]]
+|[[File:IN-TR.svg|50px]]
+|-
+|}
 ==Legislative Assembly elections==
-elections in India
 === Meghalaya ===
-[[1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Elections]] were held on 2 February for the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warjri|first=Antarwell|date=March 2017|title=Role of Regional Political Parties and Formation of the Coalition Governments in Meghalaya|url=https://www.ijhsss.com/files/19.-Antarwell-Warjri.pdf|journal=International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies|volume=3|issue=5|pages=206–218}}</ref>
+{{Main|1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election}}
+Elections were held on 2 February for the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warjri|first=Antarwell|date=March 2017|title=Role of Regional Political Parties and Formation of the Coalition Governments in Meghalaya|url=https://www.ijhsss.com/files/19.-Antarwell-Warjri.pdf|journal=International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies|volume=3|issue=5|pages=206–218|access-date=3 April 2020|archive-date=6 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170506102130/http://www.ijhsss.com/files/19.-Antarwell-Warjri.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
+|+ [[1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|←]] Summary of the 2 February 1988 [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]] election results [[1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|→]]
+|-
+|-
+! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="485"| Parties and coalitions
+! colspan="3"| Popular vote
+! colspan="2"| Seats
+|-
+! width="70"| Votes
+! width="45"| %
+! width="50"| ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
+! width="30"| Won
+! width="30"| +/−
+|-
+| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
+| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
+| 198,028 || 32.65 ||4.97 {{Increase}}
+| 22 || 3 {{Decrease}}
+|-
+| width="1" bgcolor="green"|
+|align="left" |[[Hill People's Union]] (HPU)
+|162,806
+|26.84
+|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9" |
+|19
+|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9" |
+|-
+| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Hill State People's Democratic Party}}" |
+| align="left" |[[Hill State People's Democratic Party]] (HDP)
+|78,884
+|12.68
+|6.64 {{Decrease}}
+|6
+|9 {{Decrease}}
+|-
+| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|All Party Hill Leaders Conference}}" |
+|align="left" |All Party Hill Leaders Conference (Armison Marak Group)
+|28,391
+|4.68
+|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9" |
+|2
+|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9" |
+|-
+| width="1" bgcolor="purple"|
+|align="left" |[[Public Demands Implementation Convention|Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC)]]
+|19,402
+|3.2
+|1.62 {{Decrease}}
+|2
+|{{Steady}}
+|-
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
+| align="left" |[[Communist Party of India]] (CPI)
+|2,206
+|0.36
+|0.16 {{Decrease}}
+|0
+|{{Steady}}
+|-
+| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
+| align="left" |[[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
+| 118,816 || 19.59 ||2.9 {{Decrease}}
+| 9 ||6 {{Increase}}
+|-
+| colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
+|- style="font-weight:bold;"
+| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
+| 606,533 || 100.00 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
+| 60 || ±0
+|-
+| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" |<small>Source: [[Election Commission of India]]</small><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3674-meghalaya-1988/|title=Meghalaya 1988|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=3 April 2020}}</ref>
+|}
 ===Tripura===
-Elections were held in 1988 in Tripura for the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1988/Statistical%20Report%20Tripura%201988.pdf |title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1988 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TRIPURA |publisher=ECI, New Delhi |page=8}}</ref>
+{{Main|1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election}}
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+|+ Performance of the political parties<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1988/|title=1988 Tripura Election result}}</ref>
+! 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 (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
+| 2
+| 2
+| 18,182
+| 1.60%
+| 2
+|-
+| [[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]]
+| 14
+| 7
+| 119,599
+| 10.52%
+| 6
+|-
+| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
+| 81
+| 0
+| 33,846
+| 2.98%
+| 3
+|-
+! Total
+! 220
+! 60
+! 1,136,405
+!
+!
+|}
+==Rajya Sabha==
+{{Main|1988 Indian Rajya Sabha elections}}
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 ==External links==
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