1986 Bangladeshi general election

Bangladeshi general election, 1986

May 7, 1986 (1986-05-07)
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 JP(E) AL 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 JP(E) Subsequent Prime Minister Hussain Mohammad Ershad JP(E)

The Third National Parliamentary Elections 1986 (Template:Lang-bn) 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.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Jatiya Party	12,079,259	42.3	153	New
Bangladesh Awami League	7,462,157	26.2	76	+37
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh	1,314,057	4.6	10	New
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab)	725,303	2.5	4	New
Bangladesh Muslim League	412,765	1.4	4	+4
National Awami Party	369,824	1.3	5	+5
Communist Party of Bangladesh	259,728	0.9	5	+5
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj)	248,705	0.9	3	New
National Awami Party (Muzaffar)	202,520	0.7	2	+1
Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League	191,107	0.7	3	New
Workers Party of Bangladesh	151,828	0.5	3	New
Bangladesh Jayita League	490,372	1.7	0	0
Bangladesh Hindu Oikkya Front
Bangladesh Islamic Andolan
Bangladesh Islamic Republican Party
Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
Bangladesh Nagarik Sanghati
Gana Azadi League
Islami Jukta Front
Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal
Jana Dal
Jatiya Janata Party (Odud)
Jatiya Janata Party (Sujat)
Jamaaiatay Olamaya Islam
Jamaaiatay Olamaya Islam-Nezam-e-Islami Party
Pragotishil Jatiyatabadi Dal
Young Muslim Society
Independents	4,619,025	16.3	32	+16
Invalid/blank votes	377,209	–	–	–
Total	28,903,859	100	300	0
Registered voters/turnout	47,305,886	61.1	–	–
Source: Nohlen et al.