1986 Bangladeshi general election
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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. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 153 of the 300 directly elected seats. Voter turnout was 61%. Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the winner of the previous elections, boycotted the election. British observers including a journalist termed the elections a "tragedy for democracy" and a "cynically frustrated exercise".
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2007-07-29T22:13:17Z
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2024-08-31T11:17:08Z
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