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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.[1]

all 76 seats in Legislative Assembly
39 seats needed for a majority

74.9%(Increase1.70%)

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]

Voting[edit]

The election was held on 23 March 1987. Nearly 75 percent of the voters participated, the highest recorded participation in the state. Nearly eighty percent of the people in the Valley voted.[15][16]


Elections for Bhadrawah, Leh and Kargil were held in June 1987.[7]

Aftermath[edit]

Farooq Abdullah was elected Chief Minister and formed a coalition government. However, the Government lacked legitimacy in the eyes of the people in the Valley. Rebels branded the election as a "thoroughly made one".[41] The Valley sank into a "morass of frustration and radicalisation", states scholar Sumantra Bose. In June 1988, there were protests against a hike in the electricity tariffs, resulting in police firings. In July, the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front launched its first bomb attack in Srinagar.[42] A cycle of violence and protests took hold, steadily rising in tempo. In January 1990, the Union Government appointed Jagmohan as the governor of the state. Farooq Abdullah resigned in protest, and Governor's Rule was declared.

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