1987 Bijhanian state election

The 1987 Bijhanian state election was held on Saturday, 7 November, and Sunday, 8 November 1987. It was the first state election in Bijhan since the ratification of the new Bijhanian constitution. The President and Vice President of Bijhan were elected. In addition, an election was held for all 60 seats in the State Assembly and all 30 seats in the State Council to determine the 1st State Forum. A total of 3,884,981 people were registered to vote in the election; turnout was 76.81%.

Presidential election

The President of Bijhan was elected under the contingent vote system, in which voters ranked the candidates according to their preference. At least one preference was required for the vote to be counted; subsequent preferences were optional. If no candidate receives an absolute majority of first preference votes, then all but the two leading candidates are eliminated and there is a second count. In the second count, the votes of those who supported eliminated candidates are distributed among the two remaining candidates, so that one candidate achieves an absolute majority.

1987 Bijhanian presidential election results

Political Party		President	Vice President	Count 1		Count 2
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Independence Party of Bijhan	Menit Hanadani	Joru Kivik	757,632	25.71	1,431,406	60.32
	Bijhanian Democratic Party	Ligvo Renkonten	Nonin Neado	501,012	17.00	941,450	39.68
Non-Party		Danielo Strogo	Patriko Hieraŭ	462,388	15.69
Non-Party		Benjameno Li	Eriko Krano	314,109	10.66
	Communist Party of Bijhan	Ruri Jeteri	Marko Pejzaĝo	300,192	10.19
	Moderate Party	Meveko Sonomo	Luso Jampano	287,382	9.75
	Progress Party	Kosi Porveo	Mikelo Sepenos	175,872	5.97
Non-Party		Joru Palaco	Jozefo Naro	99,197	3.37
Non-Party		Karlo Blazono	Arono Filipido	48,723	1.65
Transferable Votes				2,946,507	100.00	2,372,856	80.53
Non-Transferable Votes				0	0.00	573,651	19.47
Total Valid Vote				2,946,507	98.75	2,946,507	98.75
Invalid Votes				37,411	1.25	37,411	1.25
Total Votes				2,983,918	100.00	2,983,918	100.00
Enrolled Voters/Turnout				3,884,981	76.81	3,884,981	76.81

Preference flows

Below is a breakdown of votes cast for eliminated candidates, according to whether they transferred to the Independence Party candidate, the Democratic Party candidate, or were non-transferable

Political Party		Candidates	Votes	Transferred to Independence (Hanadani/Kivik)		Transferred to Democratic (Renkonten/Neado)		Non-Transferable
				Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Non-Party		Strogo/Hieraŭ	462,338	183,992	39.79	52,616	11.38	225,780	48.83
Non-Party		Li/Krano	314,109	92,744	29.53	55,732	17.74	165,633	52.73
	Communist Party of Bijhan	Jeteri/Pejzaĝo	300,192	46,221	15.40	141,877	47.26	112,094	37.34
	Moderate Party	Sonomo/Jampano	287,382	223,242	77.68	40,158	13.97	23,982	8.34
	Progress Party	Porveo/Sepenos	175,872	90,661	51.55	74,767	42.51	10,444	5.94
Non-Party		Palaco/Naro	99,197	22,147	22.33	66,111	66.65	10,939	11.03
Non-Party		Blazono/Filipido	48,723	14,767	30.31	9,177	18.84	24,779	50.86
TOTAL			1,687,863	673,774	39.92	440,438	26.09	573,651	33.99

State Council

The 30-member State Council was elected under closed party-list proportional representation, with all 30 members elected from a single statewide constituency.

1987 Bijhanian State Council election results
Political Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Independence Party of Bijhan	1,283,607	43.80	15
	Bijhanian Democratic Party	472,405	16.12	5
	Moderate Party	400,699	13.67	4
	Communist Party of Bijhan	327,525	11.18	4
	Progress Party	157,191	5.36	1
	Unity Party	139,349	4.75	1
Other Parties		149,905	5.12	0
Valid Votes		2,930,681	98.22	30
Invalid Votes		53,237	1.78
Total Votes		2,983,918	100.00
Enrolled Voters/Turnout		3,884,981	76.81

Members of the State Council serve staggered twelve-year terms, with one-third of the seats vacated every four years. For the 1987 election, the order in which the members were elected determined the term length, with the first 10 members elected serving full twelve-year terms, the second 10 serving eight-year terms, and the final 10 serving four-year terms.

Members of the State Council by Class

Political Party	Class 1 (1988-1992)	Class 2 (1988-1996)	Class 3 (1988-2000)
Independence Party of Bijhan	5	4	6
Bijhanian Democratic Party	2	1	2
Moderate Party	1	2	1
Communist Party of Bijhan	2	1	1
Progress Party	0	1	0
Unity Party	0	1	0

State Assembly

The 60-member state assembly was elected under closed party-list proportional representation. Forty-six members elected from fourteen constituencies, each corresponding to Bijhan's fourteen local government districts. The remaining 14 members were elected as at-large compensatory seats, to minimize disproportionality between the constituency results and the overall statewide vote. Eighteen political parties contested the election, while only six managed to win seats.

1987 Bijhanian State Assembly election results
Political Party	Votes	%	Seats
Independence Party of Bijhan	1,230,878	41.95	33
Bijhanian Democratic Party	452,980	15.44	8
Moderate Party	365,213	12.45	7
Communist Party of Bijhan	320,897	10.94	6
Progress Party	160,779	5.48	3
Unity Party	153,100	5.22	3
Other Parties	250,645	8.54	0
Valid Votes	2,934,492	98.34	60
Invalid Votes	49,426	1.66
Total Votes	2,983,918	100.00
Enrolled Voters/Turnout	3,884,981	76.81