1986 Bangladeshi general election

1986 Bangladeshi general election
7 May 1986
300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad
151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout61.10% ( 9.81pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader H. M. Ershad Sheikh Hasina
Party JP(E) AL
Last election – 54 seats
Seats won 153 76
Seat change New 37
Popular vote 12,079,259 7,462,157
Percentage 42.34% 26.16%
Prime Minister before election

Post vacant

 Prime Minister

Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
JP(E)

General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the elections. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 directly elected seats. Voter turnout was 61%. Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the winner of the previous election, boycotted the election.

British observers including a journalist termed the elections a "tragedy for democracy" and a "cynically frustrated exercise".

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