1971 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

1971 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

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All 200 seats in the House of the People
All 150 seats in the House of Nations
  Majority party
  Gustáv Husák - oříznuto.JPG
Leader Gustáv Husák
Party KSČ
Alliance National Front
Seats after 245
Seat change Increase 100

Prime Minister before election

Lubomír Štrougal
KSČ

Elected Prime Minister

Lubomír Štrougal
KSČ

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

PartyVotes%Seats
National Front10,153,572100.00200
Total10,153,572100.00200
Registered voters/turnout10,253,796
Source: IPU, CZSO

House of Nations

PartyVotes%Seats
National Front10,144,464100.00150
Total10,144,464100.00150
Registered voters/turnout10,253,796
Source: IPU, CZSO

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