The 1986 municipal election was held October 20, 1986 to elect a mayor and twelve aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, nine trustees to sit on the public school board, and seven trustees to sit on the separate school board.
Party labels were dropped from the ballots by this time.
The fifty-seven candidates for the public school board remains the most in Edmonton's history.
School board positions also were filled through plurality block voting as well.
(bold indicates elected, italics indicate incumbent) Each voter could cast nine votes.