Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, Mar 1987
76 assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, 73.15% turnout.
Seats
76
Candidates
527
13 women, 1 elected
Turnout
73.15%
26 lakh of 35.6 lakh
Leading party
JKN
40 of 76 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Jammu and Kashmir
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JKNJammu & Kashmir National Conference | 40 | -6 | 45 | 8,57,830 | 32.98% | -14.02 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 26 | +1 | 31 | 5,25,261 | 20.20% | -9.79 |
| INDIndependent | 8 | +4 | 343 | 9,03,945 | 34.76% | +24.01 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 2 | +2 | 29 | 1,32,528 | 5.10% | +1.94 |
| JKPJKP | 0 | -1 | 23 | 97,424 | 3.75% | -0.80 |
| JPPJPP | 0 | 0 | 21 | 46,043 | 1.77% | — |
| LKDLok Dal | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13,937 | 0.54% | +0.39 |
| JNPJanata Party | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12,208 | 0.47% | +0.19 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5,590 | 0.21% | +0.06 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5,261 | 0.20% | +0.10 |
| ICSSCSICSSCS | 0 | 0 | 3 | 712 | 0.03% | — |
- JKN40 (53%)
- INC26 (34%)
- IND8 (11%)
- BJP2 (3%)
- JKN40
- INC26
- IND8
- BJP2
- JKN40
- INC26
- IND8
- BJP2
Constituency performance
From the 76 results in Jammu and Kashmir
Closest contest
BIJBEHARA
won by 100 (0.28%)
Biggest victory
DODA
won by 27,837 (88.05%)
Highest turnout
NAGIN
96.36%
Lowest turnout
RAMNAGAR
50.35%
Seat change
Against Jammu and Kashmir's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1983), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained44 (58%)
- Changed hands22 (29%)
- New seat10 (13%)
44 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 22 changed hands. 10 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Jammu and Kashmir, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- JKN
- INC
- IND
- BJP
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 76 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 76
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKHNOOR | INDGOBIND RAM | INCDHARAM PAL | 10,44031.64% | 77.9% |
| AMIRAKADAL | JKNGULAM MOHI UD DIN SHOH | INDMOHD. YUSSOUF SHOH | 4,28912.13% | 68.2% |
| ANANTNAG | INDMOHD. SYEED SHAH | INCMIRZA MASOOD BEG | 16,70549.79% | 81.8% |
| BADGAM | JKNSYED GHULAM HUSSAIN GILANI | INDMOHD. SULTAN BHAT | 6,35515.11% | 81.5% |
| BANDIPORA | JKNGHULAM ROSOOL MIR | JKPNIZAM-UD-DIN | 3,2268.34% | 74.5% |
| BANIHAL | JKNMOLVI ABDUL RASHID | INDMOHD. AKHTER NIZAM | 7,89332.77% | 62.0% |
| BARAMULLA | JKNSHIEKH MOHAMAD MAQBOL | INDGHULAM MOHMAD | 1,4364.25% | 76.1% |
| BARI BRAHMANAN | INCSWARAN LATA | INDGURNBACHAN KUMARI | 6,07319.01% | 75.3% |
| BASOHLI | INCJAGDISH RAJSPOLIA | INDLAL CHAND | 1,2684.56% | 60.8% |
| BEERWAH | JKNSYED AHMAD SYED | INDGHULAM MOHMAD MIR | 5,32516.41% | 72.0% |
| BHADARWAH | INCHARI LAL | LKDGIAN CHAND | 3,43915.82% | 50.5% |
| BHILLAWAR | INCSWRAM SINGH | BJPLOKNATH SANGRA | 10,58835.23% | 59.8% |
| BIJBEHARA | JKNHAJI ABDUL GANI SHAH | INDMOHD. SULTAN | 1000.28% | 80.4% |
| BISHNA | JKNPARMA NAND | INDGIAN CHAND | 9,82432.30% | 65.3% |
| CHADURA | INDMIR MUSTAFA | JKNABDUL SAMAD MIR | 1,4064.42% | 70.9% |
| CHARI SHARIF | JKNABDUL RAHIM RATHER | INDABDUL RASHID | 22,38572.96% | 80.7% |
| CHENANI GHORDI | INCYASH PAUL KHAJURIA | JPPTHAKUR DASS CHANOTRA | 5,38019.02% | 61.8% |
| CHHAMB | INCMADAN LAL | BJPRAM NATH | 4,73216.00% | 79.9% |
| DARHAL | JKNMOHD. HUSSAIN | INDMOHD. SADIQ MALIK | 15,21134.09% | 74.9% |
| DEVSAR | JKNPEERZADA-GHULAM-AHMAD | INDHAMID ULLA RANGREZ | 2,6197.70% | 75.8% |
| DODA | JKNATTAULLAH SOHRAWARDI | LKDCHUNI LAL | 27,83788.05% | 77.7% |
| DORU | JKNMOHD. AKBAR GANIE | INDNOOR UD DIN SHAH | 1,2324.42% | 69.9% |
| GANDERBAL | JKNFAROOQ ABDULLA | INDABDUL KHALIQ SOFI | 22,80959.37% | 81.7% |
| GULABGARH | JKNHAJI BULAND KHAN | INDABDUL GANI | 4,40213.70% | 71.5% |
| GULMARG | JKNSHEIKH MUSTAFFA KAMAL | INDGHULAM HASSAN MIR | 8,73428.28% | 77.1% |
| HABAKADAL | JKNP.L. HANDOO | INDMUSHTAQ AHMAD | 1,2893.63% | 59.3% |
| HANDWARA | JKNCHOWDRY MOHAMAD RAMZAN | JKPABDUL-GANI-LONE | 1,3303.06% | 78.8% |
| HAVELI | INDCH. BASHIR AHMED | JKNGHULAM AHMED GANAI | 4,71913.89% | 66.8% |
| HAZARATBAL | JKNMOHMAD YASIN SHAH | INDSYED FAYAZ NAQASHBANDI | 11,23135.99% | 75.1% |
| HIRANAGAR | BJPBALDEV SINGH | INCRAM DAS DOGRA | 2,5086.63% | 71.0% |
| HOMSHALIBUG | INDGHULAM NABI | JKNABDUL SALAM DEVA | 6,70618.69% | 80.7% |
| IDGAH | JKNMOHD. SHAFI KHAN | INDBASHIR AHMAD | 15,78241.30% | 75.5% |
| INDERWAL | INCSHAREEF NAIZ | INDSHEIKH GHULAM MOHD. | 26,02487.28% | 64.9% |
| JAMMU CONTONMENT | INDH.S BALI | INCTRILOCHAN DUTTA | 8602.09% | 66.8% |
| JAMMU EAST | BJPCHAMAN LAL | INCVED PARKASH | 3,23311.49% | 62.9% |
| JAMMU WEST | INCMANGAT RAM | BJPCHANDER MOHAN SHARMA | 6,07418.38% | 60.4% |
| JANDRAH GHAROTA | INCSHIV DEV SINGH | INDRATTAN CHAND GANDHI | 4,23411.15% | 71.4% |
| KANGAN | INCMIAN ALTAF | INDGUL MOHD. WAR | 4,69214.75% | 78.0% |
| KARGIL | JKNQAMAR ALI | INDKACHO MOHD. ALI KHAN | 31,13277.86% | 77.4% |
| KARNAH | JKNSHRIEF-UD DIN SHARIQ | JKPABDUL RASHID MIRCHL | 5,42513.62% | 74.8% |
| KATHUA | INCOM PARKASH | BJPKULBHUSHAN KUMAR | 6,63019.57% | 68.8% |
| KHAN SAHIB | INCGULAM MOHMAD MIR | JKPGULAM QADIR WAR | 20,01457.97% | 80.5% |
| KISHTWAR | JKNBASHIR AHMED KICHLOO | BJPMAN MOHAN | 14,73555.49% | 68.6% |
| KOKERNAG | INCPEERZADA MOHD. SYED | INDHAJI MOHD. ABDULLA SHEIKH | 23,68567.33% | 86.8% |
| KULGAM | INDHAJI ABDUL PAZAK MIR | JKNGHULAM NABI DAR | 3,57611.44% | 77.6% |
| KUPWARA | JKNMUSHTAQ AHMED LONE | JKPABDUL HAQ KHAN | 1,7795.24% | 66.9% |
| LANGET | JKNABDUL AHAD WANI | INDGHULAM QUADIR LONE | 1,3054.84% | 77.3% |
| LEH | INCTSERING SAMPHEL | INDTOKDAN RINPOCHEY | 9,00431.46% | 65.9% |
| MARH | INCMULA RAM | JPPSAT PAL | 5,34416.27% | 76.5% |
| MENDHAR | JKNNISAR AHAMED KHAN | INDLAL MOHD. SABIR | 3,7719.98% | 79.7% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Jammu and Kashmir alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
Frequently asked
Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.
Who won the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, Mar 1987?
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference won 40 of 76 seats in Jammu and Kashmir, a clear majority.
What was the voter turnout in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, Mar 1987?
Turnout was 73.15% — 26 lakh of 35.6 lakh registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Jammu and Kashmir have?
Jammu and Kashmir has 76 assembly seats.
