1886 Serbian parliamentary election

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Party Leader Seats +/– NRS Nikola Pašić Progressive Milutin Garašanin Liberal Jovan Ristić This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Milutin Garašanin Progressive Milutin Garašanin Progressive

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]