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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.

Overall Results

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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

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Haryana

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Main article: 1987 Haryana Legislative Assembly election
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 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

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Main article: 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference857,83032.9840Decrease6
Indian National Congress525,26120.20260
Bharatiya Janata Party132,5285.102New
Others181,1756.9700
Independents903,97134.768Increase6
Total2,600,765100.0076Increase1
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

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Main article: 1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
Party Wise Results[3][4][5]
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

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Main article: 1987 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Independents[a]99,99643.3124Increase22
Indian National Congress76,15232.9913Decrease7
Mizoram People's Conference54,71723.703Decrease5
Total230,865100.0040Increase10
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

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Main article: 1987 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress193,19936.1034+10
Naga National Democratic Party140,11226.1818–6
Nagaland Peoples Front43,7828.181New
Bharatiya Janata Party9260.170New
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

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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

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Main article: 1987 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

President

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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

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Main article: 1987 Indian vice presidential election

References

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  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.
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