1986 Bangladeshi general election
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General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 May 1986. A total of 1,527 candidates contested the election.[1] The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 directly elected seats. Voter turnout was 61%.[2] Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the winner of the previous elections, boycotted the election.
Quick Facts 300 of the 330 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad 151 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...
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British observers including a journalist termed the elections a "tragedy for democracy" and a "cynically frustrated exercise".[3]