Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1986

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 23 and 24 May 1986.^[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, 242 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 64 to independents.^[1] Voter turnout was reported to be 99.39%.^[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	10,871,881	99.4	200
Against			–
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	10,884,947	100	200
Registered voters/turnout	10,950,675	99.4	–
Source: IPU, CZSO, PSP

House of Nations

Party	Votes	%	Seats
National Front			150
Against			–
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	10,884,947	100	150
Registered voters/turnout	10,950,675	99.4	–
Source: IPU, CZSO

References

1. Czechoslovakia Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p465 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p457