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.
Legislative Assembly elections
[edit ]Haryana
[edit ]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
[edit ]Main article: 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
Kerala
[edit ]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
[edit ]Main article: 1987 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independents [a] | 99,996 | 43.31 | 24 | Increase22 | |
| Indian National Congress | 76,152 | 32.99 | 13 | Decrease7 | |
| Mizoram People's Conference | 54,717 | 23.70 | 3 | Decrease5 | |
| Total | 230,865 | 100.00 | 40 | Increase10 | |
| 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] | |||||
- ^ Independents included the winning Mizo National Front candidates
Nagaland
[edit ]Main article: 1987 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
| 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] | |||||
West Bengal
[edit ]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[7] | |||||
Rajya Sabha
[edit ]Main article: 1987 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
President
[edit ]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
[edit ]Main article: 1987 Indian vice presidential election
References
[edit ]- ^ "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 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.