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Kerala Assembly Election, 1987

140 seats · 69 changed party since 1982

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Party standings

Kerala Assembly Election, 1987 · 10 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 38 seatsIndian National Congress — 33 seatsCommunist Party of India — 16 seatsMUL — 15 seatsIndependent — 14 seatsJanata Party — 7 seatsIcs (Scs) — 6 seats3 other parties — 11 seats71140of 140 seats
  • CPM38
  • INC33
  • CPI16
  • MUL15
  • IND14
  • JNP7
  • ICSSCS6
  • Others11

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)3827%29,12,99922.9%70
INCIndian National Congress3324%31,64,40924.8%76
CPICommunist Party of India1611%10,29,4098.1%25
MULMUL1511%9,85,0117.7%23
INDIndependent1410%21,56,67116.9%896
JNPJanata Party75%4,82,4083.8%12
ICSSCSIcs (Scs)64%5,11,7774.0%14
KECKerala Congress54%4,51,1593.5%14
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party54%2,64,4012.1%6
LKDLKD11%78,3890.6%2
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%7,08,2615.6%116

Constituency map

Kerala Assembly Election, 1987 · winner by seat

140 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 71

1987 · selected
Majority 71
CPM38INC33CPI16MUL15IND14JNP7ICSSCS6KEC5RSP5LKD1
1982 · previous
Majority 71

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1982 → 1987

1982 1987· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
18.8
22.9
11.9
24.8
8.4
8.1
6.2
7.7
24.6
16.9
4.0
3.8
0.0
4.0
CPMINCCPIMULINDJNPICSSCS

Seat change

1987 seats minus 1982 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPM
26 → 38
+12
INC
20 → 33
+13
CPI
13 → 16
+3
MUL
14 → 15
+1
IND
33 → 14
−19
JNP
4 → 7
+3
ICSSCS
0 → 6
+6
KEC
6 → 5
−1
RSP
4 → 5
+1
LKD
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1982 → 1987

share lostshare gained
INC
11.9% → 24.8%
+12.9%
CPM
18.8% → 22.9%
+4.1%
ICSSCS
0.0% → 4.0%
+4.0%
BJP
2.8% → 5.6%
+2.8%
MUL
6.2% → 7.7%
+1.6%
LKD
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
CPI
8.4% → 8.1%
−0.3%
RSP
2.8% → 2.1%
−0.7%
NDP
1.7% → 0.0%
−1.7%
KEC
5.9% → 3.5%
−2.3%

Biggest CPM–IND swings

Seats where the CPM-vs-IND vote gap moved most, 1982 → 1987. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (CPM share − IND share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward CPM; to the left, toward IND.

toward INDtoward CPM
Attingal
+102.7%
Irikkur
+98.5%
Puthuppally
+97.8%
Kayamkulam
+97.8%
Kothamangalam
−93.9%
Haripad
−93.2%
Edakkad
+90.9%
Perinthalmanna
+90.5%
Udma
+88.9%
Ettumanoor
−88.0%
Thiruvambadi
+87.9%
Kunnamangalam
+86.7%

Closest races · 1987

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1987

140 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1982