Elections in the Republic of India in 1987 included elections to six state legislative assemblies, seats in the Rajya Sabha and the posts of President and vice president.
Elections in the Republic of India in 1987 included elections to six state legislative assemblies, seats in the Rajya Sabha and the posts of President and vice president.
| Political Party | No. of candidates | No. of elected | Number of Votes | % of Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lok Dal | 69 | 60 | 2,349,397 | 38.58% | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 20 | 16 | 613,819 | 10.08% | |
| Indian National Congress | 0 | 5 | 1,776,820 | 29.18% | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 4 | 1 | 47,434 | 0.78% | |
| Communist Party of India | 5 | 1 | 32,738 | 0.54% | |
| Independents | 1045 | 7 | 1,128,803 | 18.54% | |
| Total | 1322 | 90 | 6,089,130 |
| Party | Seats |
|---|---|
| Communist Party of India (CPI) | 16 |
| Communist Party of Indian (Marxist) (CPM) | 38 |
| Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) ICS(SCS) | 6 |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 33 |
| Janta Party (JNP) | 7 |
| Lok Dal (LKD) | 1 |
| Kerala Congress (KEC) | 5 |
| Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) | 15 |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) | 5 |
| Independent (IND) | 14 |
| Total | 140 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Independents [lower-alpha 1] | 99,996 | 43.31 | 24 |  22 | |
| Indian National Congress | 76,152 | 32.99 | 13 |  7 | |
| Mizoram People's Conference | 54,717 | 23.70 | 3 | 5 | |
| Total | 230,865 | 100.00 | 40 | 10 | |
| Valid votes | 230,865 | 98.85 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,691 | 1.15 | |||
| Total votes | 233,556 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 322,066 | 72.52 | |||
| Source: ECI [5] | |||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 193,199 | 36.10 | 34 | +10 | |
| Naga National Democratic Party | 140,112 | 26.18 | 18 | –6 | |
| Nagaland Peoples Front | 43,782 | 8.18 | 1 | New | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 926 | 0.17 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 157,173 | 29.37 | 7 | –5 | |
| Total | 535,192 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 535,192 | 98.71 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 6,980 | 1.29 | |||
| Total votes | 542,172 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 581,953 | 93.16 | |||
| Source: ECI [6] | |||||
| Party | Candidates | Seats | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Front | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 212 | 187 | 10,285,723 | 39.12 |
| All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 26 | 1,534,795 | 5.84 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 23 | 18 | 1,036,138 | 3.94 | |
| Communist Party of India | 12 | 11 | 503,854 | 1.92 | |
| Revolutionary Communist Party of India | 3 | 1 | 118,985 | 0.42 | |
| Marxist Forward Bloc | 2 | 2 | 107,732 | 0.41 | |
| Biplobi Bangla Congress | 1 | 0 | 42,261 | 0.16 | |
| West Bengal Socialist Party and Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) | 7 | 6 | 288,915 | 1.10 | |
| Indian National Congress (I) | 294 | 40 | 10,989,520 | 41.81 | |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India | 46 | 2 | 237,674 | 0.90 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 36 | 1 | 162,850 | 0.62 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 57 | 0 | 134,867 | 0.51 | |
| Janata Party | 30 | 0 | 41,475 | 0.16 | |
| Lok Dal | 18 | 0 | 10,032 | 0.04 | |
| Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) | 4 | 0 | 3,335 | 0.01 | |
| Independents | 718 | 0 | 784,937 | 2.99 | |
| Total | 1,497 | 294 | 26,283,093 | 100 | |
| Source:ECI [7] | |||||
| Candidate | Electoral Values |
|---|---|
| R. Venkataraman | 740,148 |
| V. R. Krishna Iyer | 281,550 |
| Mithilesh Kumar | 2,223 |
| Total | 1,023,921 |
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