1987 United Malays National Organisation leadership election

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24 April 1987

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Candidate	Mahathir Mohamad	Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
Popular vote	761	718
Percentage	51.4%	48.5%

President of UMNO before election

Mahathir Mohamad

President of UMNO

Mahathir Mohamad

A leadership election was held by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party on 24 April 1987.^[1]^[2] It was won by incumbent Prime Minister and President of UMNO, Mahathir Mohamad.

Supreme Council election results

Permanent Chairman

Candidate	Delegates' votes	Division nominated
Sulaiman Ninam Shah	850 votes

Shamsuri Salleh	453 votes
Mohd. Nor Mohd. Dom	106 votes
R.M. Idris	32 votes
Baharom Shah Indera	19 votes

Valid votes	1460 votes
Invalid votes	19 votes
Grand total	1479 votes

Deputy Permanent Chairman

Candidate	Delegates' votes	Division nominated
Shoib Ahmad	533 votes

Abdul Rahman Mahmud	313 votes
Shamsuri Salleh	310 votes
Mohd. Amin Daud	203 votes
Azman Attar Othman	107 votes

Valid votes	1466 votes
Invalid votes	13 votes
Grand total	1479 votes

President

Candidate	Delegates' votes	Division nominated
Mahathir Mohamad	761 votes	88

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah	718 votes	37

Valid votes	1479 votes
Invalid votes	nil
Grand total	1479 votes

Deputy President

Candidate	Delegates' votes	Division nominated
Ghafar Baba	739 votes

Musa Hitam	699 votes

Valid votes	1438 votes
Invalid votes	41 votes
Grand total	1479 votes

Vice Presidents

Candidates	Delegates' votes (max. 3)	Division nominated
Wan Mokhtar Ahmad	935 votes
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	879 votes
Anwar Ibrahim	850 votes

Rais Yatim	690 votes
Ramli Ngah Talib	667 votes
Harun Idris	398 votes

Valid votes	4419 votes
Invalid votes	6 votes
Grand total	4425 votes

Supreme Council Members

Candidates	Delegates' votes (max. 25)	Division nominated
Zainal Abidin Zin	717 votes
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