300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
61.10% (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%
President before election
H M Ershad
JP(E)
Subsequent President
H M Ershad
JP(E)
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General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the election.[1] The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 directly elected seats. Voter turnout was 61%.[2] 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".[3]
^Bangladesh Inter-Parliamentary Union
^Dieter Nohlen; Florian Grotz; Christof Hartmann (2001). Elections in Asia: A data handbook. Vol. I. p. 536. ISBN 0-19-924958-X.
^Liton, Shakhawat (28 August 2010). "Ershad's desperate bids go in vain". The Daily Star.
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