1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election

1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
23 March 1987
all 76 seats in Legislative Assembly
39 seats needed for a majority
Turnout74.9%(1.70%)
  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 6 4
Percentage 32.98% 20.20% 18.9%
Swing 14.31% 10.12% 18.9%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party BJP Independents
Last election 0 4
Seats won 2 4
Seat change 2
Percentage 5.10% 15.86%
Swing 1.91%
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.

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

The 1987 election was a watershed in the politics of the Jammu and Kashmir state.

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