Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 22 and 23 October 1976.[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, 237 were assigned to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, 18 to the Czechoslovak People's Party, 17 to the Czechoslovak Socialist Party, four to the Party of Slovak Revival and 74 to others.[1] Voter turnout was reported to be 99.7%.[1]
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All 200 seats in the House of the People All 150 seats in the House of Nations | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 99.70% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Results
editHouse of the People
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| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| National Front | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia[note 1] | 10,605,672 | 99.97 | 137 | ||
| Czechoslovak People's Party | 11 | |||||
| Czechoslovak Socialist Party | 10 | |||||
| Party of Slovak Revival | 2 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 2 | |||||
| Independents | 38 | |||||
| Against | 3,583 | 0.03 | – | |||
| Total | 10,609,255 | 100.00 | 200 | |||
| Valid votes | 10,609,255 | 99.93 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 7,897 | 0.07 | ||||
| Total votes | 10,617,152 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 10,649,261 | 99.70 | ||||
| Source: [4], IPU, CZSO | ||||||
House of Nations
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| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| National Front | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | 10,605,672 | 99.97 | 102 | ||
| Czechoslovak People's Party | 7 | |||||
| Czechoslovak Socialist Party | 7 | |||||
| Party of Slovak Revival | 2 | |||||
| Freedom Party | 2 | |||||
| Independents | 30 | |||||
| Against | 3,372 | 0.03 | – | |||
| Total | 10,609,044 | 100.00 | 150 | |||
| Valid votes | 10,609,044 | 99.92 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 8,108 | 0.08 | ||||
| Total votes | 10,617,152 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 10,649,261 | 99.70 | ||||
| Source: [5], IPU, CZSO | ||||||
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Czechoslovakia Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p465 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p457
- ^ a b "Federální shromáždění ČSSR/ČSFR - Sněmovna lidu (23. 10. 1976 — 17. 6. 1981 )". databazeposlancu.cz. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Federální shromáždění ČSSR/ČSFR - Sněmovna národů (23. 10. 1976 — 17. 6. 1981 )". databazeposlancu.cz. Retrieved 14 November 2024.