1987 Papua New Guinean general election information
1987 Papua New Guinean general election
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13 June-4 July 1987
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All 109 seats in the National Parliament 55 seats needed for a majority
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
Pangu Pati
Michael Somare
14.93
26
−25
PDM
Paias Wingti
10.93
17
New
National Party
4.97
12
−1
MAP
Michael Somare
5.62
7
−1
PAP
Ted Diro
3.21
6
New
PPP
Julius Chan
6.16
5
−9
Morobe
Utula Samana
2.23
4
New
LNA
John Nilkare
4.83
3
New
Papua Party
Galeva Kwarara
1.27
3
+3
United Party
3.19
1
−8
Independents
—
40.90
22
+18
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Papua New Guinea between 13 June and 4 July 1987.[1] The Pangu Party emerged as the largest party, winning 26 of the 109 seats. Voter turnout was 73.5%.
^Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p770 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
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