Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 26 and 27 November 1971.[1] They were the first held after the Constitutional Act on the Czechoslovak Federation converted Czechoslovakia into a federal republic, comprising the Czech Socialist Republic and the Slovak Socialist Republic, as well as the first elections in Czechoslovakia held in the aftermath of the Prague Spring.
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The National Front, dominated by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, put forward a single list of candidates for both houses of the Federal Assembly, the House of the People (the lower house) and the House of Nations (the upper house). A single NF-approved candidate ran in each single member constituency.[2] With a total of 350 seats in the two Houses, 245 were assigned to the Communist Party, 20 to the Czechoslovak Socialist Party, 16 to the Czechoslovak People's Party, four to the Party of Slovak Revival, four to the Freedom Party, and 61 to independents.[1] Voter turnout was reported to be 99.45%.[1]
Like the other elections of the Communist era, the result was a foregone conclusion. People were afraid not to vote, and when they did so, those who entered a voting booth to modify their ballot paper could expect to be persecuted by the state.[3]
Results
editHouse of the People
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| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| National Front | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | 10,153,572 | 100.00 | 145 | ||
| Czechoslovak Socialist Party | 13 | |||||
| Czechoslovak People's Party | 8 | |||||
| Party of Slovak Revival | 2 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 2 | |||||
| Independents | 30 | |||||
| Total | 10,153,572 | 100.00 | 200 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 10,253,796 | – | ||||
| Source: ,[4] IPU, CZSO | ||||||
House of Nations
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| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| National Front | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | 10,144,464 | 100.00 | 100 | ||
| Czechoslovak People's Party | 8 | |||||
| Czechoslovak Socialist Party | 7 | |||||
| Party of Slovak Revival | 2 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 2 | |||||
| Independents | 31 | |||||
| Total | 10,144,464 | 100.00 | 150 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 10,253,796 | – | ||||
| Source: IPU, CZSO, [note 1] | ||||||
Notes
edit- ^ Seat counts have been extrapolated by subtracting the IPU seat counts for the entire Federal Assembly with the House of the People's seat counts
References
edit- ^ a b c Czechoslovakia Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p465 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p457
- ^ "Federální shromáždění ČSSR/ČSFR - Sněmovna lidu (27. 11. 1971 — 10. 11. 1976 )". databazeposlancu.cz. Retrieved 13 November 2024.