1987 elections in India

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  1985 1987 1988  

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.

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Overall Results

Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps
16 February 1987 Mizoram Mizo National Front Laldenga Mizo National Front Laldenga IN-MZ.svg
23 March 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Farooq Abdullah Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Farooq Abdullah IN-JK.svg
Kerala United Democratic Front K. Karunakaran Left Democratic Front E. K. Nayanar IN-KL.svg
10 April 1987 West Bengal Left Front Jyoti Basu Left Front Jyoti Basu IN-WB.svg
Haryana Indian National Congress Bansi Lal Lok Dal Devi Lal IN-HR.svg
18 November 1987 Nagaland Indian National Congress Hokishe Sema Indian National Congress Hokishe Sema IN-NL.svg

Legislative Assembly elections

Haryana

Summary of results of the Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 1987 [1]
Political Party
No. of candidates
No. of elected
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Lok Dal 69602,349,39738.58%
Bharatiya Janata Party 2016613,81910.08%
Indian National Congress 051,776,82029.18%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 4147,4340.78%
Communist Party of India 5132,7380.54%
Independents 104571,128,80318.54%
Total1322906,089,130

Jammu and Kashmir

India Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 1987.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference 857,83032.9840Decrease2.svg6
Indian National Congress 525,26120.20260
Bharatiya Janata Party 132,5285.102New
Others181,1756.9700
Independents903,97134.768Increase2.svg6
Total2,600,765100.0076Increase2.svg1
Valid votes2,600,76597.69
Invalid/blank votes61,5902.31
Total votes2,662,355100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,555,54974.88
Source: ECI [2]

Kerala

Party Wise Results [3] [4] [5]
PartySeats
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
Total140

Mizoram

India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1987.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Independents [a] 99,99643.3124Increase2.svg22
Indian National Congress 76,15232.9913Decrease2.svg7
Mizoram People's Conference 54,71723.703Decrease2.svg5
Total230,865100.0040Increase2.svg10
Valid votes230,86598.85
Invalid/blank votes2,6911.15
Total votes233,556100.00
Registered voters/turnout322,06672.52
Source: ECI [6]
  1. Independents included the winning Mizo National Front candidates

Nagaland

India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1987.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress 193,19936.1034+10
Naga National Democratic Party 140,11226.1818–6
Nagaland Peoples Front 43,7828.181New
Bharatiya Janata Party 9260.170New
Independents157,17329.377–5
Total535,192100.00600
Valid votes535,19298.71
Invalid/blank votes6,9801.29
Total votes542,172100.00
Registered voters/turnout581,95393.16
Source: ECI [7]

West Bengal

PartyCandidatesSeatsVotes%
Left Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) 21218710,285,72339.12
All India Forward Bloc 34261,534,7955.84
Revolutionary Socialist Party 23181,036,1383.94
Communist Party of India 1211503,8541.92
Revolutionary Communist Party of India 31118,9850.42
Marxist Forward Bloc 22107,7320.41
Biplobi Bangla Congress 1042,2610.16
West Bengal Socialist Party and
Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
76288,9151.10
Indian National Congress (I) 2944010,989,52041.81
Socialist Unity Centre of India 462237,6740.90
Indian Union Muslim League 361162,8500.62
Bharatiya Janata Party 570134,8670.51
Janata Party 30041,4750.16
Lok Dal 18010,0320.04
Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) 403,3350.01
Independents7180784,9372.99
Total1,49729426,283,093100
Source:ECI [8]

Rajya Sabha

President

CandidateElectoral Values
R. Venkataraman 740,148
V. R. Krishna Iyer 281,550
Mithilesh Kumar2,223
Total1,023,921

Vice-president

References

  1. "Statistical Report of General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala (PDF). Election Commission of India. 1987. p. 3.
  4. "Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1987". www.elections.in. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  5. Pillai, Sreedhar; Chawla, Prabhu (15 April 1987). "Red letter day in Kerala: Congress(I) out of power, Left Democratic Front forms govt". India Today. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India.