A referendum on electoral reform was held in Egypt on 12 February 1987. The reform would set aside 48 seats for independent candidates at elections. The change in the law had been hastily adopted in December 1986 in order to pre-empt the Constitutional Court ruling that the 1984 elections had been unconstitutional as they had not allowed independent candidates to stand. The changes were approved by 89% of voters,[1] leading to the early dissolution of the People's Assembly and early elections in April.[2]
Results
Choice
Votes
%
For
9,423,384
88.90
Against
1,176,054
11.10
Total
10,599,438
100.00
Registered voters/turnout
14,388,255
–
Source: Nohlen et al.
References
^Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p341 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
Egypt portal
