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
| Share of the Jatiya Sangsad | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jatiya Party | — | 183 | — | 12,079,259 | 42.3% | — | |
| Awami League | — | 76 | +37 | 7,462,157 | 26.2% | — | |
| Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami | — | 10 | — | 1,314,057 | 4.6% | — | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Rab) | — | 4 | — | 725,303 | 2.5% | — | |
| Bangladesh Muslim League | — | 4 | +4 | 412,765 | 1.4% | — | |
| Oikya National Awami Party | — | 5 | +5 | 369,824 | 1.3% | — | |
| Communist Party of Bangladesh | — | 5 | +5 | 259,728 | 0.9% | — | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj) | — | 3 | — | 248,705 | 0.9% | — | |
| National Awami Party (Muzaffar) | — | 2 | +1 | 202,520 | 0.7% | — | |
| Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League | — | 3 | — | 191,107 | 0.7% | — | |
| Workers Party of Bangladesh | — | 3 | — | 151,828 | 0.5% | — | |
| Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan | — | 0 | — | 123,306 | 0.4% | — | |
| Jana Dal | — | 0 | — | 98,100 | 0.3% | — | |
| Bangladesh Nagarik Sanghati | — | 0 | — | 68,290 | 0.2% | — | |
| Islami Jukta Front | — | 0 | — | 50,509 | 0.2% | — | |
| Jatiya Janata Party (Odud) | — | 0 | — | 46,704 | 0.2% | — | |
| Bangladesh Samyabadi Dal (M-L) | — | 0 | — | 36,944 | 0.1% | — | |
| Gano Azadi League | — | 0 | 0 | 23,632 | 0.1% | — | |
| Bangladesh Islamic Andolan | — | 0 | — | 22,931 | 0.1% | — | |
| Jamaaiatay Olamaya Islam | — | 0 | — | 5,676 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jamaaiatay Olamaya Islam-Nizam-e-Islam Party | — | 0 | — | 5,572 | 0.0% | — | |
| Pragotishil Jatiyatabadi Dal | — | 0 | — | 2,997 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiya Janata Party (Sujat) | — | 0 | — | 1,988 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Jayita League | — | 0 | -2 | 1,985 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Hindu Oikkya Front | — | 0 | — | 1,338 | 0.0% | — | |
| Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal | — | 0 | 0 | 149 | 0.0% | — | |
| Young Muslim Society | — | 0 | — | 141 | 0.0% | — | |
| Bangladesh Islamic Republican Party | — | 0 | — | 110 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independents | — | 32 | +16 | 4,619,025 | 16.2% | — |