1986 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

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23–24 May 1986

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

Turnout

99.40%

	Majority party

Leader	Gustáv Husák
Party	KSČ
Alliance	National Front
Seats after	241
Seat change	1

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 23 and 24 May 1986. The National Front put forward a single list of candidates for both the House of the People (the lower house) and the House of Nations (the upper house) and one NF candidate ran in each single member constituency. With a total of 350 seats in the two Houses, 242 were assigned to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, 18 to the Czechoslovak People's Party, 18 to the Czechoslovak Socialist Party, four to the Party of Slovak Revival, four to the Freedom Party and 64 to independents. Voter turnout was reported to be 99.39%.

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	10,871,881	99.4	138
		Czechoslovak People's Party			11
		Czechoslovak Socialist Party			11
		Party of Slovak Revival			2
		Freedom Party			2
		Independents			36
Against				0.6	–
Total					200

Total votes			10,884,947	–
Registered voters/turnout			10,950,675	99.40
Source: , IPU, CZSO

House of Nations



Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats
	National Front	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia			103
		Czechoslovak People's Party			7
		Czechoslovak Socialist Party			7
		Party of Slovak Revival			2
		Freedom Party			2
		Independents			29
Total					150

Total votes			10,884,947	–
Registered voters/turnout			10,950,675	99.40
Source: , IPU, CZSO

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 (24. 5. 1986 — 9. 6. 1990 )". databazeposlancu.cz. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
"Federální shromáždění ČSSR/ČSFR - Sněmovna národů (24. 5. 1986 — 9. 6. 1990 )". databazeposlancu.cz. Retrieved 14 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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