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

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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

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| 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

### Kerala

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Main article: 1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Party Wise Results[2][3][4] Party  | Seats

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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

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[5]

1. ^ Independents included the winning Mizo National Front candidates

### Nagaland

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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

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Main article: 1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Party  | Candidates  | Seats  | Votes  | %

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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

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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 Kerala (PDF). Election Commission of India. 1987. p. 3.
3. ^ "Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1987". www.elections.in. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
7. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India.

## External links

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* "Election Results - Full Statistical Reports". Election Commission of India.

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