1986 Bangladeshi general election
7 May 1986
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300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 47,305,886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 61.10% ( 9.81pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bangladesh portal |
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the elections. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 directly elected seats. Voter turnout was 61%. 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".