The Hill People's Union was a political party in the state of Meghalaya in India. It was founded in 1985.[1] The founders were 11 members from the All Party Hill Leaders Conference and Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP) who joined together after the fall of the earlier short-lived coalition government formed by the two parties, which had won 31 seats in the 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly elections.[2] It was once "one of the three major regional parties" in the state.[3] In the 1988 elections, under the leadership of Brington Buhai Lyngdoh, the party won 19 seats in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly.[1][4] In the 1993 elections it fell to eleven seats.[5] In 1997 its members joined with the HSPDP and the Public Demands Implementation Convention to form the United Democratic Party.[6]
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- ↑ Khongwir recollects a regional alliance that did not last. The Shillong Times(7 July 2017). Retrieved 21 February 2018.
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- ↑ Rough time for minority Congress(I) ministry in Meghalaya. India Today Magazine(29 February 1988). Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ↑ The Statesman's Yearbook, 1998–99{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Springer(2016). ISBN 9780230271272
- ↑ Role of Regional Political Parties and Formation of the Coalition Governments in Meghalaya. International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies({Template:Year).