1987 Vanuatuan general election

General elections were held in Vanuatu on 30 November 1987. Ni-Vanuatu voters were invited to elect the 46 members of an expanded national Parliament, which had previously held 39 seats.

The ruling Vanua'aku Pati maintained its absolute majority, with 26 seats, while the Union of Moderate Parties obtained 19. The Vanua'aku Pati received slightly less than 50% of the popular vote, while the UMP received 40%. Walter Lini of the Vanua'aku Pati remained Prime Minister.^[1] Voter turnout was 71.6%.^[2]

Results[]


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Vanua'aku Pati	26,617	47.28	26	+2
	Union of Moderate Parties	22,443	39.87	19	+7
	New People's Party	1,418	2.52	0	New
	Friend Melanesian Party	1,119	1.99	1	0
	National Democratic Party	879	1.56	0	New
	Nagriamel	766	1.36	0	0
	Vanuatu Independent Alliance Party	442	0.79	0	0
	Vanuatu Labour Party	322	0.57	0	New
	Independents	2,288	4.06	0	0
Total		56,294	100.00	46	+7

Valid votes		56,294	99.33
Invalid/blank votes		382	0.67
Total votes		56,676	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		79,113	71.64
Source: Official Gazette, Nohlen et al.

References[]

^ MILES, William F.S., Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm: Identity and Development in Vanuatu, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998, ISBN 0-8248-2048-7, p.24
^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p842 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

[1] MILES, William F.S., Bridging Mental Boundaries in a Postcolonial Microcosm: Identity and Development in Vanuatu, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1998, ISBN 0-8248-2048-7, p.24

[N-2] Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p842 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

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1987 Vanuatuan general election

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