1986 Bangladeshi general election

1986 Bangladeshi general election

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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]