1987 Ethiopian general election

none People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia legislative 1973 Ethiopian general election 1973 1987 06 14 yes 1994 Ethiopian Constituent Assembly election 1994 All 835 seats in the National Shengo 418 Mengistu Haile Mariam 3.jpg Mengistu Haile Mariam Workers' Party 795 12,981,957 99.20% 3x4.svg – Independents 40 104,693 0.80% General elections were held in Ethiopia on 14 June 1987 for seats in its Shengo. This was the first election since Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed in the Ethiopian Revolution as well as the first–and as it turned out, only–election under the 1987 constitution, which replaced the Derg regime with the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE). Background The new Ethiopian Constitution, adopted by a referendum held on 1 February 1987, provided for a national parliament, the Shengo, as the nominal supreme organ of state power. The date of the general elections was officially announced only two days in advance. In the running for the Shengo's 835 seats were some 2,500 candidates, mostly nominated by the communist Workers' Party of Ethiopia, the country's only legally permitted party.Ethiopia Parliamentary Chamber: Elections held in 1995, PARLINE database (accessed 20 October 2009) The WPE won 795 seats, with pro-WPE independents taking the remaining 40 seats. Voter turnout was reported to be 90.5%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p. 382 0-19-829645-2 In May 1991, four years into the Shengo's five-year term, the PDRE was overthrown by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front. Following a three-year transition period, elections for a Constituent Assembly were held in 1994. Results File:Ethiopia National Shengo 1987.svg Workers' Party of Ethiopia 12981957 795 Independents 104693 40 2998350 17768000 Nohlen et al. References Ethiopia General election Category:Ethiopian Civil War Category:General elections in Ethiopia Ethiopia Category:One-party elections