1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
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all 76 seats in Legislative Assembly
39 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.9%(Increase1.70%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Farooq Abdullah Collective leadership
Party JKNC INC MUF
Last election 46 26 0
Seats won 40 26 4
Seat change Decrease 6 Steady Increase 4
Percentage 32.98% 20.20% 18.9%
Swing Decrease 14.31% Decrease 10.12% Increase 18.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party BJP Independents
Last election 0 4
Seats won 2 4
Seat change Increase 2 Steady
Percentage 5.10% 15.86%
Swing Increase 1.91% Steady
Chief Minister before election

Farooq Abdullah
JKNC

Elected Chief Minister

Farooq Abdullah
JKNC

Election for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held on 23 March 1987. Farooq Abdullah was reappointed as the Chief Minister.[1]

The election is widely perceived to have been rigged.[2][3][4] After the following elections to the Parliament in 1989, which saw low turn-out,[5] Governor's Rule was declared in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990, which lasted till 1996.[6]

The 1987 election was a watershed in the politics of the Jammu and Kashmir state.[7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ Statistical Report on the General Election, 1987, Election Commission of India, New Delhi.
  2. ^ Arshad, Sameer (22 November 2014). "History of electoral fraud has lessons for BJP in J&K". The Times of India.
  3. ^ Prakash, Smita (17 November 2014). "Elections in Kashmir". Mid-Day.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference shaped was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Maqbool, Umer (14 March 2015). "Decline in voter turnout in Kashmir after 'rigged election of 1987'". Greater Kashmir.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference IPCS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Assembly Election 1987". www.jammu-kashmir.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2003. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  8. ^ Ahmad, Wajahat (1 October 2010). "The Siege of Kashmir". The Caravan.
  9. ^ Muhammad, ZG (14 March 2015). "Question of Simple Majority". Greater Kashmir.
  10. ^ Gilani, Iftikhar, ed. (25 November 2014). "How representative is Jammu and Kashmir assembly?". Daily News & Analysis (DNA).