1987 elections in India
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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.
| Date(s) | State | Government before election | Chief Minister before election | Government after election | Chief Minister after election | Maps | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 February 1987 | Mizoram | Mizo National Front | Laldenga | Mizo National Front | Laldenga |  | ||
| 23 March 1987 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | Farooq Abdullah | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | Farooq Abdullah |  | ||
| Kerala | United Democratic Front | K. Karunakaran | Left Democratic Front | E. K. Nayanar |  | |||
| 10 April 1987 | West Bengal | Left Front | Jyoti Basu | Left Front | Jyoti Basu |  | ||
| Haryana | Indian National Congress | Bansi Lal | Lok Dal | Devi Lal |  | |||
| 18 November 1987 | Nagaland | Indian National Congress | Hokishe Sema | Indian National Congress | Hokishe Sema |  | ||
Legislative Assembly elections
Haryana
Main article: 1987 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
| 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 |
Jammu and Kashmir
Main article: 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | 857,830 | 32.98 | 40 |  6 | |
| Indian National Congress | 525,261 | 20.20 | 26 | 0 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 132,528 | 5.10 | 2 | New | |
| Others | 181,175 | 6.97 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 903,971 | 34.76 | 8 |  6 | |
| Total | 2,600,765 | 100.00 | 76 | 1 | |
| Valid votes | 2,600,765 | 97.69 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 61,590 | 2.31 | |||
| Total votes | 2,662,355 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 3,555,549 | 74.88 | |||
| Source: ECI[2] | |||||
Kerala
Main article: 1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
| 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 |
Mizoram
Main article: 1987 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Independents[a] | 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[6] | |||||
- ↑ Independents included the winning Mizo National Front candidates
Nagaland
Main article: 1987 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
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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[7] | |||||
West Bengal
Main article: 1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
| 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[8] | |||||
Rajya Sabha
Main article: 1987 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
President
Main article: 1987 Indian presidential election
| Candidate | Electoral Values |
|---|---|
| R. Venkataraman | 740,148 |
| V. R. Krishna Iyer | 281,550 |
| Mithilesh Kumar | 2,223 |
| Total | 1,023,921 |
Vice-president
Main article: 1987 Indian vice presidential election
References
- ↑ "Statistical Report of General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ↑ Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala (PDF). Election Commission of India. 1987. p. 3.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1987". www.elections.in. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India.