1971 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

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26–27 November 1971

1976 →

All 200 seats in the House of the People
All 150 seats in the House of Nations

	Majority party

Leader	Gustáv Husák
Party	KSČ
Alliance	National Front
Seats after	245
Seat change	100

Prime Minister before election

Lubomír Štrougal
KSČ

Elected Prime Minister

Lubomír Štrougal
KSČ

Politics of Czechoslovakia


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Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 26 and 27 November 1971. 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.

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. 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. Voter turnout was reported to be 99.45%.

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.

Results

House of the People



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: , IPU, CZSO

House of Nations



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,

Notes

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

^ 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.

v t e Elections and referendums in Czechoslovakia
Parliamentary elections	1920 1925 1929 1935 1946 1948 1954 1960 1964 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990 1992
Parliamentary by-elections	1924
Regional elections	1923 1928 1935
Local elections	1919 1923 1927 1931 1938 1954 1960 1964 1971 1976 1981 1986 1990
Referendums	1951
See also: Presidential elections Elections in the Czech Republic Elections in Slovakia

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