1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

1987 Kerala state assembly election
← 1982 23 March 1987 1991 →
All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout80.54%(Increase7.03)
  First party Second party
 
Leader E.K. Nayanar K. Karunakaran
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LDF UDF
Leader's seat Thrikaripur Mala
Seats won 78 61
Seat change Increase15 Decrease 16
Percentage 44.97% 43.65%
Kerala, India
Kerala, one of the states in South India, has an electorate of more than 21 million people.
Chief Minister before election

K. Karunakaran
UDF

Chief Minister

E.K. Nayanar[1]
LDF

The elections to the Eighth Kerala Assembly were held on  March 23, 1987. The UDF and the LDF were the two major political  fronts in the arena. The UDF had the INC(I),  IUML, KC(J), KC(M), NDP (P), SRP(S) and the RSP(S) as its constituents. The LDF consisted of the CPI(M), CPI, RSP, IC(S), Janata Party and the Lok Dal. [2]

  1. ^ "Eighth Kerala Legislative Assembly". 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Kerala Assembly Elections 1987- Brief backgrounder". www.keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 16 May 2019.