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1987 Malawian general election

Field	Value
country	Malawi
type	parliamentary
election_date	27–28 May 1987
previous_election	1983 Malawian general election
previous_year	1983
next_election	1992 Malawian general election
next_year	1992
seats_for_election	All 123 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	62
image1	Dr HK Banda, first president of Malawi.jpg
leader1	Hastings Banda
party1	Malawi Congress Party
last_election1	101
seats1	112
seat_change1	11

General elections were held in Malawi on 27 and 28 May 1987. As the country had become a one-party state in 1966, the Malawi Congress Party was the sole legal party at the time. The number of seats in the National Assembly was increased to 112, whilst president for life Hastings Banda was able to appoint as many additional members as he saw fit to "enhance the representative character of the Assembly, or to represent particular minority or other special interests in the Republic."

In total over 200 candidates contested the seats, although in 38 there was only a single MCP candidate, who was elected unopposed. and had to declare their allegiance to Banda in order to be allowed to stand.

Results

References

[http://africanelections.tripod.com/mw.html Elections in Malawi] African Elections Database
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/MALAWI_1987_E.PDF Malawi] Inter-Parliamentary Union
link. (2010-01-25 EISA)
(1971). "Malawi Handbook". [[Central Intelligence Agency]].

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