1988 Bangladeshi General Election
3 March 1988 · Zia, Ershad, and martial law · 300 seats, 151 for a majority
Jatiya Party finished first with 251 of 300 seats on 68.4% of the vote. Turnout 52.5%. Moudud Ahmed replaced Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury.
Nearly every major party, including the Awami League, the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and the Communists, boycotted; a Western diplomat at the time called it a mockery of an election.
Prime Minister before
Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
JP(E)
Prime Minister after
Moudud Ahmed
JP(E)
Largest force
Jatiya Party
251 of 300 seats
Turnout
52.5%
The result
| Share of the Jatiya Sangsad | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jatiya Party | — | 251 | +98 | 17,680,133 | 68.4% | — | |
| Combined Opposition Party | — | 19 | — | 3,263,340 | 12.6% | — | |
| Bangladesh Freedom Party | — | 2 | — | 850,284 | 3.3% | — | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj) | — | 3 | 0 | 309,666 | 1.2% | — | |
| Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan | — | 0 | 0 | 105,910 | 0.4% | — | |
| 23-Party Alliance | — | 0 | — | 102,930 | 0.4% | — | |
| Jana Dal | — | 0 | 0 | 28,929 | 0.1% | — | |
| Ganatantra Bastabayan Party | — | 0 | — | 4,209 | 0.0% | — | |
| Independents | — | 25 | -7 | 3,487,457 | 13.5% | — |