Election held in Indian-administered Kashmir
1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election Turnout 74.9%( 1.70%)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Farooq Abdullah
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%
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] The rigging of the election is believed to have led to the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir .[ 5] After the following elections to the Parliament in 1989, which saw low turn-out,[ 6] Governor's Rule was declared in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990, which lasted till 1996.[ 7]
The 1987 election was a watershed in the politics of the Jammu and Kashmir state.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
^ Statistical Report on the General Election, 1987 , Election Commission of India , New Delhi.
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^ Jacob, Happymon (24 December 2009). "Kashmir insurgency, 20 years after" . The Hindu . ISSN 0971-751X .
^ Maqbool, Umer (14 March 2015). "Decline in voter turnout in Kashmir after 'rigged election of 1987' " . Greater Kashmir .
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^ "Assembly Election 1987" . www.jammu-kashmir.com . Archived from the original on 15 June 2003. Retrieved 22 December 2014 .
^ Ahmad, Wajahat (1 October 2010). "The Siege of Kashmir" . The Caravan .
^ Muhammad, ZG (14 March 2015). "Question of Simple Majority" . Greater Kashmir .
^ Gilani, Iftikhar, ed. (25 November 2014). "How representative is Jammu and Kashmir assembly?" . Daily News & Analysis (DNA) .