# 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
### Haryana

Summary of results of the Haryana Legislative Assembly election, 1987 :
| 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 | |

### Kerala

Party Wise Results :
| 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

| | Independents | 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 | Total | 230,865 | 100.00 | 40 | 10 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 230,865 | 98.85 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 2,691 | 1.15 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 233,556 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 322,066 | 72.52 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||
* ↑ Independents included the winning Mizo National Front candidates

### Nagaland

| | 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 | Total | 535,192 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 535,192 | 98.71 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 6,980 | 1.29 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 542,172 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 581,953 | 93.16 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### West Bengal

| Party | Party | Candidates | Seats | Votes | % |
| Left Front | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 212 | 187 | 10,285,723 | 39.12 |
| Left Front | All India Forward Bloc | 34 | 26 | 1,534,795 | 5.84 |
| Left Front | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 23 | 18 | 1,036,138 | 3.94 |
| Left Front | Communist Party of India | 12 | 11 | 503,854 | 1.92 |
| Left Front | Revolutionary Communist Party of India | 3 | 1 | 118,985 | 0.42 |
| Left Front | Marxist Forward Bloc | 2 | 2 | 107,732 | 0.41 |
| Left Front | Biplobi Bangla Congress | 1 | 0 | 42,261 | 0.16 |
| Left Front | West Bengal Socialist Party and Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra) | 7 | 6 | 288,915 | 1.10 |
| Indian National Congress (I) | Indian National Congress (I) | 294 | 40 | 10,989,520 | 41.81 |
| Socialist Unity Centre of India | Socialist Unity Centre of India | 46 | 2 | 237,674 | 0.90 |
| Indian Union Muslim League | Indian Union Muslim League | 36 | 1 | 162,850 | 0.62 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | Bharatiya Janata Party | 57 | 0 | 134,867 | 0.51 |
| Janata Party | Janata Party | 30 | 0 | 41,475 | 0.16 |
| Lok Dal | Lok Dal | 18 | 0 | 10,032 | 0.04 |
| Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) | Indian Congress (Socialist-Sarat Chandra Sinha) | 4 | 0 | 3,335 | 0.01 |
| Independents | Independents | 718 | 0 | 784,937 | 2.99 |
| Total | Total | 1,497 | 294 | 26,283,093 | 100 |
| Source:ECI ||||||

## President

| Candidate | Electoral Values |
| R. Venkataraman | 740,148 |
| V. R. Krishna Iyer | 281,550 |
| Mithilesh Kumar | 2,223 |
| Total | 1,023,921 |