Papua New Guinean general election, 1987

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General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 13 June and 4 July 1987.^[1] The result was a victory for the Pangu Party, which won 27 of the 109 seats. Voter turnout was 76.0%.

There were eighteen women candidates in total. None were elected, leading to the first all-male National Parliament in Papua New Guinea's history.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Pangu Party	408,082	14.9	27	-34
People's Democratic Movement	298,715	10.9	26	New
People's Progress Party	168,280	6.4	10	-3
Melanesian Alliance Party	153,611	5.6	7	+1
National Party	135,761	5.0	10	-9
League for National Advancement	132,001	4.8	3	New
People's Action Party	87,836	3.2	14	New
United Party	87,243	3.2	2	-4
Morobe Independent Group	60,922	2.2	4	New
Papua Party	34,636	1.3	3	0
Papua Besena	17,122	0.6	0	–3
Country Party	10,743	0.4	0	New
Other parties	19,603	0.7	0	-
Independents	1,117,635	40.9	0	0
Vacant	-	-	3	-
Invalid/blank votes		-	-	-
Total	1,355,477	100	109	0
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p770 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
↑ Sepoe, Orovu, "To make a difference: Realities of women’s participation in Papua New Guinea politics", Development Bulletin, no. 59, 2002, p.40. (Electronic version)

External links

Centre on Democratic Performance Election Results Archive

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