 Infuriated by the decision, five leftist parties including Workers Party, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal etc.of the 15-party alliance withdrew themselves from the alliance after the announcement and decided to boycott the election with 7-party alliance.The sudden participation of Awami League and its seven allies in the election gave a relief for next couple of years to the Ershad regime that had already launched a new party Jatiya Party and weakened the anti-Ershad movement for next couple of years.