Bangladeshi general election, 1988

Bangladeshi general election, 1988

← 1986 March 3, 1988 (1988-03-03) 1991 →
All 300 seats in the Jatiyo Sangshad 151 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Hussain Muhammad Ershad Khaleda Zia Sheikh Hasina Party Jatiya Party (E) BNP Awami League Leader since 1986 1984 1981 Leader's seat Rangpur Feni-1 Goplagonj-3 Last election 153 seats boycotted 76 seats Seats won 251 boycotted boycotted Seat change 98 - -76 Popular vote 17,680,133 - - Percentage 68.4% - -
Prime Minister before election H M Ershad Jatiya Party (E) Subsequent Prime Minister H M Ershad Jatiya Party (E)

H M Ershad
Jatiya Party (E)

H M Ershad
Jatiya Party (E)

The Fourth National Parliamentary Elections 1988 (Bengali: চতুর্থ জাতীয় সংসদ নির্বাচন ১৯৮৮) were held in Bangladesh on 3 March 1988.

The elections were boycotted by several major parties, including the Bangladesh Awami League, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Communist Party of Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League, the National Awami Party (Muzaffar) and the Workers Party of Bangladesh. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 251 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 52.5%.

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