Bangladeshi general election, 1986

Bangladeshi general election, 1986

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All 300 seats in the Jatiyo Sangshad 151 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Hussain Muhammad Ershad Sheikh Hasina Party Jatiya Party (E) Awami League Leader since 1986 1981 Leader's seat Rangpur Gopalganj Last election New 54 seats Seats won 153 76 Seat change 153 22 Popular vote 12,079,259 7,462,157 Percentage 42.3% 26.2%
Prime Minister before election Hussain Mohammad Ershad Jatiya Party (E) Subsequent Prime Minister Hussain Mohammad Ershad Jatiya Party (E)

Hussain Mohammad Ershad
Jatiya Party (E)

Hussain Mohammad Ershad
Jatiya Party (E)

The Third National Parliamentary Elections 1986 (Bengali: তৃতীয় জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ১৯৮৬) were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the election. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 61.1%.Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the winner of the previous elections, boycotted the election.

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

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