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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election = 1985 elections in India
| previous_year = 1985
| election_date = 1987
| next_election = 1988 elections in India
| next_year = 1988
}}
{{Politics of India}}

'''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==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! Date(s)
!State
! colspan="2" |Government before election
!Chief Minister before election
! colspan="2" |Government after election
!Chief Minister after election
!Maps
|-
|16 February 1987
| [[1987 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|Mizoram]]
| {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}
| [[Laldenga]]
| {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}
| [[Laldenga]]
| [[File:IN-MZ.svg|50px]]
|-
|rowspan="2|23 March 1987
|[[1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|{{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}
|[[Farooq Abdullah]]
|{{Full party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}
|[[Farooq Abdullah]]
|[[File:IN-JK.svg|50px]]
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|Kerala]]
|{{Full party name with color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
|[[K. Karunakaran]]
| {{Full party name with color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
|[[E. K. Nayanar]]
|[[File:IN-KL.svg|50px]]
|-
|10 April 1987
|[[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}
| [[Jyoti Basu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Left Front (West Bengal)}}
|[[Jyoti Basu]]
| [[File:IN-WB.svg|50px]]
|-
|
|[[1987 Haryana Legislative Assembly election|Haryana]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Bansi Lal]]
| {{Full party name with color|Lok Dal}}
|[[Devi Lal]]
| [[File:IN-HR.svg|50px]]
|-
|18 November 1987
|[[1987 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|Nagaland]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Hokishe Sema]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Hokishe Sema]]
| [[File:IN-NL.svg|50px]]
|}

==Legislative Assembly elections==
===Haryana===
{{Main|1987 Haryana Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election table|title=Summary of results of the Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 1987<ref name=haryana1987>{{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1987/Statistical%20Report%20Haryana%201987.pdf |title=Statistical Report of General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=2018-02-28}}</ref>|sortable=yes}}
|- align=center
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"|
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Political Party 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of candidates 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |No. of elected 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Number of Votes 
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes 
|-
| {{party color cell|Lok Dal}}
|align="left"|[[Lok Dal]]||69||60||2,349,397||38.58%
|-
| {{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|align="left"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]||20||16||613,819||10.08%
|-
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]||0||5||1,776,820||29.18%
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]||4||1||47,434||0.78%
|-
| {{party color cell|Communist Party of India}}
|align="left"|[[Communist Party of India]]||5||1||32,738||0.54%
|-
| {{party color cell|Independent (politician)}}
|align="left"|[[Independent (politician)|Independents]]||1045||7||1,128,803||18.54%
|-
|
! Total !! 1322 !! 90 !! 6,089,130 !!
|-
|}

===Jammu and Kashmir===
{{Main|1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly 1987.svg]]
|party1=[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]|votes1=857830|seats1=40|sc1={{decrease}}6
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=525261|seats2=26|sc2=0
|party3=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes3=132528|seats3=2|sc3=New
|party20=Others|votes20=181175|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=903971|seats21=8|sc21={{increase}}6
|total_sc={{increase}}1
|invalid=61590
|electorate=3555549
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3793-jammu-kashmir-1987/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=10 February 2022}}</ref>
}}

===Kerala===
{{Main|1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+'''Party Wise Results<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_1987_ST_REP.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Kerala|publisher=Election Commission of India|year=1987|pages=3}}</ref>'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1987-election-results.html|title=Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1987|website=www.elections.in|access-date=2019-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19870415-red-letter-day-in-kerala-congressi-out-of-power-left-democratic-front-forms-govt-799835-1987-04-15|title=Red letter day in Kerala: Congress(I) out of power, Left Democratic Front forms govt|date=April 15, 1987|first=Sreedhar|last1=Pillai|first2=Prabhu|last2=Chawla|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref>
!Party
!Seats
|----
|[[Communist Party of India|Communist Party of India (CPI)]]
|16
|----
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of Indian (Marxist) (CPM)]]
|38
|----
|[[Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha|Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) ICS(SCS)]]
|6
|----
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (INC)]]
|33
|----
|[[Janata Party|Janta Party (JNP)]]
|7
|----
|[[Lok Dal|Lok Dal (LKD)]]
|1
|----
|[[Kerala Congress|Kerala Congress (KEC)]]
|5
|----
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)]]
|15
|----
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)]]
|5
|----
|Independent (IND)
|14
|----
|Total
|140
|----
|}

===Mizoram===
{{Main|1987 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1987.svg]]
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=76152|seats2=13|sc2={{decrease}}7
|party3=[[Mizoram People's Conference]]|votes3=54717|seats3=3|sc3={{decrease}}5
|party1=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]{{efn|Independents included the winning [[Mizo National Front]] candidates}}|votes1=99996|seats1=24|sc1={{increase}}22
|total_sc={{increase}}10
|valid=230865
|invalid=2691
|electorate=322066
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3659-mizoram-1987/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 15 July 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{notelist}}

===Nagaland===
{{Main|1987 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1987.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=193199|seats1=34|sc1=+10
|party2=[[Naga National Democratic Party]]|votes2=140112|seats2=18|sc2=–6
|party3=[[Nagaland Peoples Front]]|votes3=43782|seats3=1|sc3=New
|party4=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes4=926|seats4=0|sc4=New
|party5=Independents|votes5=157173|seats5=7|sc5=–5
|total_sc=0
|invalid=6980
|electorate=581953
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3637-nagaland-1987/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>
}}

===West Bengal===
{{Main|1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!colspan=2|Party
!Candidates
!Seats
!Votes
!%
|-
|rowspan=8 align=left|[[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
|align=left|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|212
|187
|10,285,723
|39.12
|-
|align=left|[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|34
|26
|1,534,795
|5.84
|-
|align=left|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|23
|18
|1,036,138
|3.94
|-
|align=left|[[Communist Party of India]]
|12
|11
|503,854
|1.92
|-
|align=left|[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India]]
|3
|1
|118,985
|0.42
|-
|align=left|[[Marxist Forward Bloc]]
|2
|2
|107,732
|0.41
|-
|align=left|[[Biplobi Bangla Congress]]
|1
|0
|42,261
|0.16
|-
|align=left|[[West Bengal Socialist Party]] and [[Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)]]
|7
|6
|288,915
|1.10
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|294
|40
|10,989,520
|41.81
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Socialist Unity Centre of India]]
|46
|2
|237,674
|0.90
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|36
|1
|162,850
|0.62
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|57
|0
|134,867
|0.51
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Janata Party]]
|30
|0
|41,475
|0.16
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Lok Dal]]
|18
|0
|10,032
|0.04
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|[[Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha)]]
|4
|0
|3,335
|0.01
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|Independents
|718
|0
|784,937
|2.99
|-
|colspan=2 align=left|'''Total'''
|'''1,497'''
|'''294'''
|'''26,283,093'''
|'''100'''
|-
|align=left colspan=6|Source:ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1987 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|}

==Rajya Sabha==
{{Main|1987 Indian Rajya Sabha elections}}

==President==
{{Main|1987 Indian presidential election}}
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
!Candidate
!Electoral Values
|-
|[[R. Venkataraman]]
|740,148
|-
|[[V. R. Krishna Iyer]]
|281,550
|-
|Mithilesh Kumar
|2,223
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,023,921'''
|-
|}

==Vice-president==
{{Main|1987 Indian vice presidential election}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ |title=Election Results - Full Statistical Reports |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}

{{Indian elections}}

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[[Category:Elections in India by year]]

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