1971 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

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.

1971 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

26–27 November 1971

All 200 seats to the House of the People
All 150 seats to the House of Nations
Turnout99.4%
  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

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

House of the People

Party Votes % Seats
National Front10,153,572200
Invalid/blank votes
Total10,197,234100200
Registered voters/turnout10,253,79699.4
Source: IPU, CZSO

House of Nations

Party Votes % Seats
National Front10,144,464150
Invalid/blank votes
Total10,197,234100150
Registered voters/turnout10,253,79699.4
Source: IPU, CZSO

References

  1. Czechoslovakia Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p465 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p457
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