Maltese general election, 1987

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The election using single transferable vote gave a majority of the 65 district seats to the MLP, despite a majority of votes going to the PN, so the PN were given four bonus seats to ensure a majority reflecting the popular vote.

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Summary of the May 9, 1987 House of Representatives of Malta election results

Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Nationalist Party (Partit Nazzjonalista)	119,721	50.9	35
Malta Labour Party (Partit Laburista)	114,936	48.9	34
Total (turnout 95.5 %)	235,168	100.0	69
Source: [1].

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