| Country: | Barbados |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1981 Barbadian general election |
| Previous Year: | 1981 |
| Next Election: | 1991 Barbadian general election |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
| Turnout: | 76.70% (5.12pp) |
| Seats For Election: | 27 seats in the House of Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 14 |
| Election Date: | 28 May 1986 |
| Image1: | Errol Barrow 1968 - 2.png |
| Leader1: | Errol Barrow |
| Party1: | Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) |
| Last Election1: | 10 seats |
| Seats1: | 24 |
| Seat Change1: | 14 |
| Popular Vote1: | 80,050 |
| Percentage1: | 59.45% |
| Swing1: | 12.32pp |
| Party2: | Barbados Labour Party |
| Last Election2: | 17 seats |
| Seats2: | 3 |
| Seat Change2: | 14 |
| Popular Vote2: | 54,367 |
| Percentage2: | 40.37% |
| Swing2: | 11.85pp |
| Prime Minister | |
| Before Election: | Harold Bernard St. John |
| Before Party: | Barbados Labour Party |
| After Election: | Errol Barrow |
| After Party: | Democratic Labour Party (Barbados) |
General elections were held in Barbados on 28 May 1986.[1] The result was a landslide victory for the Democratic Labour Party, which won 24 of the 27 seats. Among the Barbados Labour Party MPs who lost their seats was incumbent Prime Minister Harold Bernard St. John.[2] The Workers Party of Barbados contested the elections for the first and only time, the only occasion on which a communist party contested an election in Barbados. Voter turnout was 77%.[1]