Maltese general election, 1987

Maltese general election, 1987

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9 May 1987
→ 1992

All seats of the Maltese House of Representatives with additional seats to ensure proportional representation.
  First party Second party
 
Leader Eddie Fenech Adami Mifsud Bonnici
Party Nationalist Labour
Last election 31 seats, 50.9% 34 seats, 49.1%
Seats won 35 34
Seat change 4 0
Popular vote 119,721 114,936
Percentage 50.9% 48.9%
Swing 0.0% 0.2%

Prime Minister before election

Mifsud Bonnici
Labour

Elected Prime Minister

Eddie Fenech Adami
Nationalist

Malta

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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.

Results

e • d 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].