Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1971

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 26 and 27 November 1971.^[1] The National Front, dominated by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, put forward a single list of candidates for both houses of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia, 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

House of Nations

References

Elections 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: Elections in the Czech Republic Elections in Slovakia