Public Demands Implementation Convention

{{Short description|Former political party in Meghalaya}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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| foundation = 1977{{cite journal |last1=Gupta |first1=Susmita Sen |title=Nationalism and Regional Parties of Meghalaya |journal=The Indian Journal of Political Science |date=2004 |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=199–218 |jstor=41855809 |issn=0019-5510}}{{ref label|alpha|a}}

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The Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC){{ref label|beta|b}} was a regional political party in Meghalaya, India founded in 1977 and primarily focussed on the interests of farmers, especially those growing potatoes in the Khyrim area of the Khasi Hills.{{Rp|45}} The party was a split from the All Party Hill Leaders Conference.{{Cite book|last=Pakem|first=B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nmduAAAAMAAJ|title=Regionalism in India: with special reference to north-east India|date=1993|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|pages=96|isbn=9788124100554|language=en}}

In 1997 the PDIC joined with the Hill People's Union, the All Party Hill Leaders Conference (Armison Marak) and Meghalaya Progressive Peoples Party to form the United Democratic Party.{{cite journal|url=http://oaji.net/articles/2017/1115-1491479202.pdf|first=Antarwell|last=Warjri|title=Role of Regional Political Parties and Formation of the Coalition Governments in Meghalaya|journal=International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies|volume=3|issue=5|year=2017|page=210|access-date=5 April 2018}}

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|+Legislative Assembly election results{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3670-meghalaya-1978/|title=Meghalaya 1978|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=10 March 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3672-meghalaya-1983/|title=Meghalaya 1983|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=10 March 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3674-meghalaya-1988/|title=Meghalaya 1988|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=10 March 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3684-meghalaya-1993/|title=Meghalaya 1993|website=Electoral Commission of India|access-date=10 March 2020}}

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1978

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|2{{ref label|gamma|c}}

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1983

|21

|2

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|23,253

|4.92

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1988

|15

|2

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|19,402

|3.20

|{{Decrease}} 1.72

1993

|4

|2

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|17,423

|2.14

|{{Decrease}} 1.16

Notes

:{{ref label|alpha|a}} Different sources present different dates for the foundation year of the PDIC, including 1974, 1976 and 1983.{{Cite book|last1=Roy|first1=Ramashray|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYiHAwAAQBAJ|title=India's 2004 Elections: Grass-Roots and National Perspectives|last2=Wallace|first2=Paul|date=2007|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=978-81-321-0110-9|pages=245|language=en}}

:{{ref label|beta|b}} Different sources present different names for the PDIC, including the People's Demands Implementation Convention and the Public Demands Implementation Committee. The Election Commission of India (ECI) in the official statistical reports for the Legislative Assembly elections records the name as Public Demands Implementation Convention.

:{{ref label|gamma|c}} In the 1978, two candidates from the PDIC were elected, but the party had not obtained registration in time for the election; the party's representatives were recorded as independents in the official results.{{Cite book|last=Gupta|first=Susmita Sen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRWKAAAAMAAJ|title=Regionalism in Meghalaya|date=2005|publisher=South Asian Publishers|isbn=978-81-7003-288-5|language=en}}{{Rp|118}}

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