1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election
Election for the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir were held on 23 March 1987. Farooq Abdullah was reappointed as the Chief Minister.
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all 76 seats in Legislative Assembly 39 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 74.9%(1.70%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election is widely perceived to have been rigged. The rigging of the election is believed to have led to the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. 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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