1988 Bangladeshi general election

1988 Bangladeshi general election

3 March 1988

All 300 seats in the Jatiya Sangsad
151 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

52.48% ( 8.62pp)

	First party	Second party

Leader	H. M. Ershad
Party	JP(E)	Combined Opposition Party
Last election	153 seats	–
Seats won	251	19
Seat change	98	New
Popular vote	17,680,133	3,263,340
Percentage	68.44%	12.63%

Prime Minister before election

Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury
JP(E)

Subsequent Prime Minister

Moudud Ahmed
JP(E)

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General elections were held in Bangladesh on 3 March 1988. They were boycotted by several major parties, including the Bangladesh Awami League, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the Communist Party of Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League, the National Awami Party (Muzaffar) and the Workers Party of Bangladesh. The result was a victory for the Jatiya Party, which won 251 of the 300 seats. Voter turnout was 52%.