Kerala assembly election, Mar 1987
140 assembly constituencies in Kerala, 79.91% turnout.
Seats
140
Candidates
1,254
34 women, 8 elected
Turnout
79.91%
1.27 cr of 1.6 cr
Leading party
CPM
38 of 140 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Kerala
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 38 | +12 | 70 | 29,12,999 | 22.86% | +4.05 |
| INCIndian National Congress | 33 | +13 | 76 | 31,64,409 | 24.83% | +12.93 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 16 | +3 | 25 | 10,29,409 | 8.08% | -0.34 |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 15 | +1 | 23 | 9,85,011 | 7.73% | +1.56 |
| INDIndependent | 14 | -19 | 896 | 21,56,671 | 16.92% | -7.71 |
| JNPJanata Party | 7 | +3 | 12 | 4,82,408 | 3.79% | -0.25 |
| ICSSCSICSSCS | 6 | +6 | 14 | 5,11,777 | 4.02% | — |
| KECKerala Congress | 5 | -1 | 14 | 4,51,159 | 3.54% | -2.32 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 5 | +1 | 6 | 2,64,401 | 2.07% | -0.68 |
| LKDLok Dal | 1 | +1 | 2 | 78,389 | 0.62% | — |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 116 | 7,08,261 | 5.56% | +2.80 |
- CPM38 (27%)
- INC33 (24%)
- CPI16 (11%)
- MUL15 (11%)
- IND14 (10%)
- JNP7 (5%)
- Others17 (12%)
- CPM38
- INC33
- CPI16
- MUL15
- IND14
- JNP7
- Others17
- CPM38
- INC33
- CPI16
- MUL15
- IND14
- JNP7
- ICSSCS6
- KEC5
- RSP5
- Others1
Constituency performance
From the 140 results in Kerala
Closest contest
HOSDRUG
won by 59 (0.06%)
Biggest victory
TANUR
won by 35,785 (46.57%)
Highest turnout
AROOR
89.78%
Lowest turnout
TANUR
65.52%
Seat change
Against Kerala's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1982), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained69 (49%)
- Changed hands69 (49%)
- New seat2 (1%)
69 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 69 changed hands. 2 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
Kerala, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- CPM
- INC
- CPI
- MUL
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 140 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 140
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADOOR | CPMR. UNNIKRISHNA PILLAI | INCTHENNALA BALAKRISHNA PILLAI | 1,2261.55% | 80.3% |
| ALATHUR | CPMC. K. RAJENDRAN | INDC.S. RAMACHANDRAN MASTER | 1,2111.36% | 76.7% |
| ALLEPPEY | CPIROSAMMA PUNNOOSE | INDKALARCODE NARAYANAN | 12,83416.03% | 79.3% |
| ALWAYE | INCK. MOHAMADALI | INDT.O. KATHER PALLAI | 6,1245.46% | 81.4% |
| AMBALAPUZHA | INCV. DINAKARAN | CPMG. SUDHAKARAN | 1240.14% | 86.2% |
| ANKAMALI | KECM. V. MANI | CPMM. C. JOSEPHINE | 5,5005.19% | 85.7% |
| ARANMULA | INCK. K. SREENIVASAN | CPMP. SARASAPPAN | 4,8676.68% | 77.7% |
| ARIYANAD | RSPK. PANKAJAKSHAN | INCP. VIJAYADAS | 4,2375.30% | 76.8% |
| AROOR | CPMK. R. GOWRI | INCP. J. FRANCIS | 5,6155.73% | 89.8% |
| ATTINGAL | CPMANANTHALAVATTOM ANANDAN | INCKAVIYAD DIVAKARA PANICKER | 8,88511.04% | 72.0% |
| AZHICODE | INDM. V. RAGHAVAN | CPME. P. JAYARAJAN | 1,3891.62% | 85.6% |
| BADAGARA | JNPK. CHANDRASEKHARAN | INCSUJANAPAL A. | 10,53310.87% | 80.7% |
| BALUSSERI | ICSSCSA.C. SHANMUKHADAS | INCVIJAYA D. NAIR | 11,48412.56% | 86.1% |
| BEYPORE | CPMT.K. HAMZA | MULABDURAHIMAN MASTER | 7,3316.92% | 82.4% |
| CALICUT- I | CPMM. DASAN | INCM. KAMALAM | 7,7088.01% | 80.5% |
| CALICUT- II | CPMC.P. KUNHU | MULK.K. MOHAMMED | 2,2772.43% | 78.7% |
| CANNANORE | INCP. BHASKARAN | ICSSCSA. K. SASHEENDRAN | 8,0489.36% | 79.3% |
| CHADAYAMANGALAM | CPIK. R. CHANDRAMOHANAN | INDR. RADHAKRISHNA PILLAI | 11,26914.41% | 74.2% |
| CHALAKUDI | JNPK. J. GEORGE | KECK. J. RAPPAI | 4,3935.23% | 79.7% |
| CHANGANACHERRY | INDC. F. THOMAS | CPMV. R. BHASKARAN | 10,61511.69% | 82.8% |
| CHATHANOOR | CPIP. RAVINDRAN | INCC. V. PADMARAJAN | 2,4562.56% | 78.0% |
| CHAVARA | RSPBABY JOHN | INCK. SURESH BABU | 9,53710.49% | 84.2% |
| CHELAKARA | INCM. A. KITTAPPAN | CPMK. V. PUSHPA | 7,7518.82% | 76.0% |
| CHENGANNUR | ICSSCSMAMMEN IYPE | INDR. RAMACHANDRAN NAIR | 15,70319.59% | 79.3% |
| CHERPU | CPIV. V. RAGHAVAN | INDK.M. RADHAKRISHNAN | 6,2877.22% | 79.8% |
| CHITTUR | INCK.A. CHANDRAN | JNPK. KRISHNAMURTY | 8,2378.88% | 82.0% |
| COYALMANNAM | CPMT. K. ARUMUGHAN | INCAYYAPPAN MASTER | 5,7906.50% | 77.7% |
| DEVICOLAM | CPMSUNDARAM MANICKAM | INDGANAPATHY | 3,9054.44% | 73.9% |
| EDAKKAD | CPMO. BHARATHAN | INCA. P. JAYASHEELAN | 3,9964.35% | 85.2% |
| ERAVIPURAM | RSPV. P. RAMAKRISHNA PILLAI | MULA. YOONUS KUNJU | 6,7066.26% | 79.7% |
| ERNAKULAM | INDM.K. SANOO | INCA.L. JACOB | 10,03210.52% | 77.0% |
| ETTUMANOOR | INDGEORGE JOSEPH PADIPARA | INDT. RAMAN BHATTATHIRIPAD | 2,5332.73% | 84.8% |
| GURUVAYOOR | MULP. K. K. BAVA | INDP. C. HAMEED HAJI | 7,9349.82% | 75.0% |
| HARIPAD | INCRAMESH CHENNITHALA | INDA. V. THAMARAKSHAN | 3,8173.86% | 83.4% |
| HOSDRUG | INCN. MANOHARAN MASTER | CPIPALLIPRAM BALAN | 590.06% | 80.4% |
| IDUKKI | INCROSAMMA CHACKO | INDP. P. SULAIMAN RAWTHER | 1,5701.66% | 78.8% |
| IRIKKUR | INCK. C. JOSEPH | CPMJAMES MATHEW | 7,4767.47% | 86.3% |
| IRINJALAKUDA | INDLONAPPAN NAMBADAN | INCM. C. PAUL | 11,08911.99% | 81.7% |
| KADUTHURUTHY | INDP. C. THOMAS | INDP. M. MATHEW | 3,1963.65% | 83.0% |
| KALLOOPPARA | ICSSCSC. A. MATHEW | KECT. S. JOHN | 1,7562.42% | 79.7% |
| KALPETTA | JNPM.P. VEERENDRA KUMAR | MULC. MAMMUTTY | 17,95819.89% | 83.5% |
| KANJIRAPPALLY | CPMK. J. THOMAS | INDGEORGE J. MATHEW | 4,8835.37% | 82.7% |
| KARUNGAPALLY | CPIP. S. SREENIVASAN | INCK. C. RAJAN | 12,69514.05% | 84.8% |
| KASARAGOD | MULC. T. AHAMMAD ALI | BJPSHRIKRISHAN BHAT | 14,05716.23% | 80.1% |
| KAYAMKULAM | CPMM. R. GOPALAKRISHNAN | INCK. GOPINATHAN | 7,6808.98% | 79.2% |
| KAZHAKUTTAM | INDNABEESA UMMAL | MULNAVAIKULAM RASHEED | 13,10814.21% | 73.1% |
| KILIMANOOR | CPIBHARGAVI THANKAPPAN | INCK. P. MADHAVAN | 8,2548.92% | 72.4% |
| KODAKARA | INCK. P. VISWANATHAN | CPMM. A. KARTHIKEYAN | 2,5362.72% | 81.0% |
| KODUNGALLUR | CPIV. K. RAJAN | INCK. P. DHANAPALAN | 3,4963.73% | 85.0% |
| KODUVALLY | MULP. M. ABOOBACKER | JNPP. RAGHAVAN NAIR | 13,31113.54% | 84.0% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Kerala 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 Kerala assembly election, Mar 1987?
Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 38 of 140 seats in Kerala, short of a majority on its own.
What was the voter turnout in the Kerala assembly election, Mar 1987?
Turnout was 79.91% — 1.27 cr of 1.6 cr registered electors voted.
How many assembly seats does Kerala have?
Kerala has 140 assembly seats.