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1987 Malawian general election

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In total over 200 candidates contested the seats, although in 38 there was only a single MCP candidate, who was elected unopposed. In the remaining 80 seats there were between two and five candidates, all of which were from the MCP. Banda appointed a further 11 members. All prospective candidates
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was able to appoint as many additional members as he saw fit to "enhance the representative character of the Assembly, or to represent particular minority or other special interests in the Republic."
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were vetted by Banda after being nominated by MCP committees, and had to declare their allegiance to Banda in order to be allowed to stand.
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was the sole legal party at the time. The number of seats in the
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Index

1983
1992
National Assembly

Hastings Banda
MCP
Politics of Malawi

Constitution
Human rights
President
list
Lazarus Chakwera
Vice-President
Cabinet
National Assembly
Speaker
Catherine Gotani Hara
Elections
1964
1971
1976
1978
1983
1987
1992
1994
1999
2004
2009

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