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1981 Czechoslovak parliamentary election Turnout 99.5%
Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 5 and 6 June 1981.[ 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, 240 were assigned to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia , 18 to the Czechoslovak People's Party , 18 to the Czechoslovak Socialist Party , four to the Party of Slovak Revival , four to the Freedom Party and 66 to independents.[ 1] Voter turnout was reported to be 99.51%.[ 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
10,725,609
99.96
200
Against
4,596
0.04
–
Invalid/blank votes
6,107
–
–
Total
10,736,312
100
200
Registered voters/turnout
10,789,574
99.5
–
Source: IPU, CZSO
House of Nations
Party
Votes
%
Seats
National Front
10,725,895
99.96
150
Against
4,308
0.04
–
Invalid/blank votes
6,109
–
–
Total
10,736,312
100
150
Registered voters/turnout
10,789,574
99.5
–
Source: IPU, CZSO
References
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