Country: | Algeria |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1982 Algerian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1982 |
Next Election: | 1991 Algerian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 1991 |
Majority Seats: | 148 |
Election Date: | 26 February 1987 |
Image1: | Chadli.jpg |
Leader1: | Chadli Bendjedid |
Party1: | National Liberation Front (Algeria) |
Last Election1: | 282 |
Seats1: | 295 |
Seat Change1: | 13 |
Popular Vote1: | 9,910,631 |
Percentage1: | 100% |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Abdelhamid Brahimi |
After Election: | Abdelhamid Brahimi |
Before Party: | National Rally for Democracy (Algeria) |
After Party: | National Rally for Democracy (Algeria) |
Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 26 February 1987. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the National Liberation Front (FLN) as the sole legal party. The FLN nominated 885 candidates for the 295 seats, with voters asked to express their preference by crossing out names on the ballot. Only 67 of the 132 incumbents who ran for re-election were successful.
Voter turnout was 87%.[1]