Ethiopian general election, 1987

The parliamentary elections in the Democratic People's Republic of Ethiopia in 1987 were the only elections in the history of the DVR Ethiopia.

Ethiopia held elections ( with only one party) for the 835 seats in the Ethiopian Parliament ( Shengo ) on June 14 in 1987. This was the first election since the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed in the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974, the same time it was also the first election under the Constitution of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, which established the People's Republic of Ethiopia.

Background

The new Ethiopian constitution, adopted by a referendum, which was held on February 1, 1987, the national parliament ( the Shengo ) certain formal as the highest organ of state power. The date of the general election was announced only two days after it. In the election to the 835 seats of the Shengo were 2,500 candidates, mostly nominated by the ruling Marxist-Leninist Workers Party of Ethiopia.

Results

Of the approximately 15.7 million voters gave their vote officially 13,400,000, which corresponds to an election result by about 85 %. Officially, the voter turnout was 90.5 %. That conclusion was regarded as an endeavor, the regime of Lt. To legitimize Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam, who presided until 1987 a military Government ( Dergue ). Although the Derg was commissioned ( February 22, 1987 ) to give up power at the same date as the proclamation of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it refused to do so until September 1987, a long time until after the election.

Mengistu Haile Mariam was elected on 10 September 1987 by the National Assembly at the same time as President.

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• General Election 1987
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