1986 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 23 and 24 May 1986.[1] 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.[2] 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.[1] Voter turnout was reported to be 99.39%.[1]

1986 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

23–24 May 1986
All 200 seats in the House of the People All 150 seats in the House of Nations
Turnout	99.4%
Majority party   Leader Gustáv Husák Party KSČ Alliance National Front Seats after 242 Seat change 2
Prime Minister before election Lubomír Štrougal KSČ Elected Prime Minister Lubomír Štrougal KSČ

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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]