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 .
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]
House of the People [ edit ]
Party Votes % Seats National Front 10,153,572 100.00 200 Total 10,153,572 100.00 200 Registered voters/turnout 10,253,796 – Source: IPU , CZSO
Party Votes % Seats National Front 10,144,464 100.00 150 Total 10,144,464 100.00 150 Registered voters/turnout 10,253,796 – Source: IPU , CZSO
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