1986 Bangladeshi General Election
7 May 1986 · Zia, Ershad, and martial law · 330 seats
Jatiya Party finished first with 183 of 330 seats on 42.3% of the vote. Turnout 61.1%. Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury replaced Post vacant.
Held under Ershad's martial law with the BNP boycotting; a British observer team that included a former minister and a BBC journalist called it a tragedy for democracy and a cynically frustrated exercise.
Prime Minister before
Post vacant
Prime Minister after
Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
JP(E)
Largest force
Jatiya Party
183 of 330 seats
Turnout
61.1%
The result
Jatiya Party
42.3% of votes
183
seats
Awami League
26.2% of votes · +37 seats
76
seats
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
4.6% of votes
10
seats
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab)
2.5% of votes
4
seats
Bangladesh Muslim League
1.4% of votes · +4 seats
4
seats
Oikya National Awami Party
1.3% of votes · +5 seats
5
seats
Communist Party of Bangladesh
0.9% of votes · +5 seats
5
seats
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj)
0.9% of votes
3
seats
National Awami Party (Muzaffar)
0.7% of votes · +1 seats
2
seats
Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League
0.7% of votes
3
seats
Workers Party of Bangladesh
0.5% of votes
3
seats
Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
0.4% of votes
0
seats