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Czechoslovak federal election, 1976 Turnout 99.7%
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]
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
Party
Votes
%
Seats
National Front
10,605,762
99.97
200
Against
3,583
0.03
–
Invalid/blank votes
7,897
–
–
Total
10,617,152
100
200
Registered voters/turnout
10,649,261
99.70
–
Source: IPU, CZSO
House of Nations
Party
Votes
%
Seats
National Front
10,605,672
99.97
150
Against
3,372
0.03
–
Invalid/blank votes
8,108
–
–
Total
10,617,152
100
150
Registered voters/turnout
10,649,261
99.70
–
Source: IPU, CZSO
References
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