1987 Papua New Guinean general election

1987 Papua New Guinean general election

← 1982 13 June-4 July 1987 1992 →

All 109 seats in the National Parliament 55 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % 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. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Paias Wingti PDM Paias Wingti PDM

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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%.