Parliamentary elections were held in the

Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

on 31 July 1987, the first since

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. The country was a

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at the time following a

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the previous year, with the

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as the sole legal party.Elections in the Central African Republic
African Elections Database The party put forward 142 candidates for the 52 seats in the

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. Voter turnout was around 50%.Central African Republic
Inter-Parliamentary Union

Results

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