Country: | Kingdom of Serbia |
Flag Year: | 1886 |
Previous Election: | 1884 |
Next Election: | 1887 |
Election Date: | 26 April 1886 |
Nopercentage: | yes |
Party1: | People's Radical Party |
Last Election1: | 14 |
Party2: | Serbian Progressive Party (Kingdom of Serbia) |
Leader2: | Milutin Garašanin |
Last Election2: | 55 |
Party4: | Liberal |
Last Election4: | 3 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Milutin Garašanin |
Before Party: | Serbian Progressive Party (Kingdom of Serbia) |
After Election: | Milutin Garašanin |
After Party: | Serbian Progressive Party (Kingdom of Serbia) |
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 26 April 1886 to elect members of the National Assembly.[1]
A new government was formed in Serbia in early 1886. Attempts by Jovan Ristić to form a government failed after King Milan refused to dissolve Parliament on the grounds that it was not a good time to have a general election during the Bulgarian Crisis.[2] It was also thought that whoever controlled the government would be able to influence the election results.[2]
However, after Milutin Garašanin formed a government, the King granted his request to dissolve Parliament.[1]
The new Parliament opened in July.[3] Whilst Ristić could not be elected due to being in receipt of a government pension, his supporters won around 15 seats, with the remainder of the 78 opposition seats being held by members of the People's Radical Party.[3] Pro-government groups held 82 seats, although 40 of them were appointed by the King.[3] However, prior to the election of a new government, the incumbent government had several opposition members arrested or disqualified from voting, reducing them to 68 seats.[3]