1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election

1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
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All 60 seats in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.51%
  First party Second party
 
Party INC HSPDP
Seats before 25 15
Seats won 22 6
Seat change 3 Decrease 9 Decrease
Popular vote 198,028 78,884
Percentage 32.65 12.68
Swing 4.97 Increase 6.64 Decrease
Chief Minister before election

Williamson A. Sangma
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Purno A. Sangma
INC

The 1988 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 2 February 1988.[1] In the lead up to the election, sporadic violence targeted at the Indian Nepali population of the state occurred.[2] No party secured a majority of seats and two women were elected.[3]

Following the election, on 6 February 1988, the United Meghalaya Parliamentary Democratic Forum coalition was formed between the Indian National Congress (INC), the Hill People's Union (HPU), the All Party Hill Leaders Conference (Armison Marak Group) and independents.[4] Purno A. Sangma (from the INC) was successfully nominated as Chief Minister.[1]

  1. ^ a b 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 2017-05-06. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  2. ^ "Ugly Elections". Economic and Political Weekly. 23 (7): 279. 1988. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4378083.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Name of the Governors / Chief Minister and Chain of Events in Meghalaya". Meghalaya Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 19 September 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2020.