Bangladeshi general election, 1986
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The Third National Parliamentary Elections 1986 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.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
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
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party , commonly referred to as the BNP, is the mainstream center-right political party in Bangladesh. BNP ruled Bangladesh total 18 years since her independence, the longest than any other party in Bangladesh...
, 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 Bangladesh Awami League The Bangladesh Awami League , commonly known as the Awami League, is the mainstream center-left, secular political party in Bangladesh... |
7,462,157 | 26.2 | 76 | |
| Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh | 1,314,057 | 4.6 | 10 | New |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dai (Rab) | 725,303 | 2.5 | 4 | New |
| Bangladesh Muslim League | 412,765 | 1.4 | 4 | |
| National Awami Party National Awami Party The National Awami Party was a leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded in Dhaka in erstwhile East Pakistan in July 1957 through the merger of several leftist and progressive groups. It advocated provincial autonomy, rights on the basis of ethnicity, recognition of ethinicities... |
369,824 | 1.3 | 5 | |
| Communist Party of Bangladesh Communist Party of Bangladesh The Communist Party of Bangladesh is a Marxist-Leninist political party in Bangladesh, founded in 1968 as the Communist Party of East Pakistan.- History :... |
259,728 | 0.9 | 5 | |
| Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Siraj) | 248,705 | 0.9 | 3 | New |
| National Awami Party (Muzaffar) | 202,520 | 0.7 | 2 | |
| Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League | 191,107 | 0.7 | 3 | New |
| Workers Party of Bangladesh Workers Party of Bangladesh The Workers Party of Bangladesh is a Communist party in Bangladesh.WPB was founded in 1980 by the Bangladesh Communist Party , Revolutionary Communist League, Majdur Party and another group. Amal Sen was the founding general secretary.... |
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 Khilafat Andolan Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan is a Islamist political party in Bangladesh, founded by Hafezzi Huzur after the 1981 presidential elections. Hafezzi Huzur had been a presidential candidate in 1981. He came third, scoring 387 215 votes... |
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| Bangladesh Nagarik Sanghati | ||||
| Gana Azadi League | ||||
| Islami Jukta Front | ||||
| Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal The Jatiyatabadi Ganatantrik Dal was a 1977-78 coalition of the political supporters of the then-President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman. It was the predecessor of the modern Bangladesh Nationalist Party that was formed on September 1, 1978.... |
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| 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 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | 377,209 | |||
| Total | |28,903,859 | 100 | 300 | 0 |
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||