Algerian legislative election, 1987

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Algerian legislative election, 1987

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  1982 26 February 1987 1991  

All 295 seats to the People's National Assembly
216 seats were needed for a majority

  First party
  Chadli.jpg
Leader Chadli Bendjedid
Party FLN
Last election282
Seats won295
Seat changeIncrease2.svg13
Popular vote9,910,631
Percentage100%
Swing -

Prime Minister before election

Abdelhamid Brahimi
RND

Elected Prime Minister

Abdelhamid Brahimi
RND

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Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 26 February 1987. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the National Liberation Front (FLN) as the sole legal party. The FLN nominated 885 candidates for the 295 seats, with voters asked to express their preference by crossing out names on the ballot. Only 67 of the 132 incumbents who ran for re-election were successful.

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Voter turnout was over 87%. [1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
National Liberation Front 100295
Total9,910,631100295
Registered voters/turnout11,328,68087.48
Source: IPU

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References

  1. Algeria Inter-Parliamentary Union