Yugoslavian parliamentary election, 1974

Parliamentary elections were held in Yugoslavia between 16 March and 10 May 1974 through a complicated delegate system which selected delegates to local, republic, and federal assemblies.^[1]

Background

The elections were the first held under the new constitution adopted on 31 January 1974. It provided for a bicameral Parliament with a 220-member Federal Chamber and an 88-member Chamber of Republics and Provinces.^[1]

Electoral system

The members of the Federal Chamber represented three groups; self-managing organisations, communities and socio-political organisations. Thirty members were elected from each of the six republics and 20 from the two autonomous provinces, Kosovo and Vojvodina.^[1]

In late March, voters elected representatives of basic labour organisations. These in turn elected the Communal Assemblies in early April. The Communal Assemblies then elected the members of the Federal Chamber between 22 and 29 April.^[1]

The members of the Chamber of Republics were elected by the Assemblies of the six republics and provinces, with each republic electing 12 members and Kosovo and Vojvodina electing eight each. Members were elected in a period ending on 10 May.^[1]

Communal assemblies, April

Communal assemblies were elected by local delegates elected by self-managing organisations, communities and socio-political organisations in early April. They subsequently each elected a President of the Assembly equivalent to a mayor. There were a total of 501 such tricameral communal assemblies in the country. For some of the larger cities:

City	President of the Assembly		Party
Belgrade		Živorad Kovačević	SKJ
Ljubljana		Tone Kovič	SKJ
Niš		Vladimir Petrović	SKJ
Novi Sad		Jovan Dejanović	SKJ
Podgorica		Miro Popović	SKJ
Rijeka		Nikola Pavletić	SKJ
Sarajevo		Dane Maljković	SKJ
Skopje		Metodi Antonov	SKJ
Split		Vjekoslav Vidjak	SKJ
Subotica		József Dékány	SKJ
Zagreb		Ivo Vrhovec	SKJ

Republic and provincial assemblies convened, April

In April and May inaugural sessions of all three chambers of the republics' and provinces' assemblies convened for the first time and elected the presidents of all their bodies.

Republic	President of the Assembly		Party
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina		Hamdija Pozderac	SKJ
SR Croatia		Ivo Perišin	SKJ
SR Macedonia		Blagoja Taleski	SKJ
SR Montenegro		Budislav Šoškić	SKJ
SR Serbia		Živan Vasiljević	SKJ
SR Slovenia		Marijan Brecelj	SKJ
SAP Vojvodina		Sreten Kovačević	SKJ

Republic Presidencies and Executive Councils, April

Republic	President of the Presidency		Took office	Party	President of Executive Council		Took office	Party
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina		Ratomir Dugonjić	May 1974	SKJ		Milanko Renovica	April 1974	SKJ
SR Croatia		Jakov Blažević	8 May 1974	SKJ		Jakov Sirotković	8 May 1974	SKJ
SR Macedonia		Vidoe Smilevski	6 May 1974	SKJ		Blagoj Popov	April 1974	SKJ
SR Montenegro		Veljko Milatović	5 April 1974	SKJ		Marko Orlandić	6 May 1974	SKJ
SR Serbia		Dragoslav Marković	6 May 1974	SKJ		Dušan Čkrebić	6 May 1974	SKJ
SR Slovenia		Sergej Kraigher	May 1974	SKJ		Andrej Marinc	May 1974	SKJ

Council of Republics and Provinces elected by 10 May

By 10 May the assemblies of the republics and provinces elected members from each of their three constituent councils (Associated Labour, Socio-Political, and Municipal) to serve dual mandates within their republic or province and within the Federal Council of Republics and Provinces.^[1] Each republic sent 12 members to the council, while the two provinces sent 8 each.

Republic or province	Council of Associated Labour members	Council of Municipalities members	Socio-Political Council members	Total
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	3	8	11
SR Croatia	1	2	9	12
SAP Kosovo	3	2	3	8
SR Macedonia	0	3	9	12
SR Montenegro	0	4	8	12
SR Serbia	3	1	8	12
SR Slovenia	3	2	7	12
SAP Vojvodina	0	1	7	8
Total	10	18	59	87

Assembly convened, 15 May

On 15 May a joint session of both chambers of the Assembly convened for the first time and elected the presidents of all the bodies.

Role	Official		Took office	Party	Representing
President of the Assembly		Kiro Gligorov	15 May 1974	SKJ	SR Macedonia
Vice President of the Assembly		Marijan Cvetković	15 May 1974	SKJ	SR Croatia
Vice President of the Assembly		Peko Dapčević	15 May 1974	SKJ	SR Montenegro
Vice President of the Assembly		Sinan Hasani	15 May 1974	SKJ	SAP Kosovo
Vice President of the Assembly		Rudi Kolak	15 May 1974	SKJ	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vice President of the Assembly		Branko Pešić	15 May 1974	SKJ	SR Serbia
President of the Federal Council		Danilo Kekić	15 May 1974	SKJ	SAP Vojvodina
President of the Council of Republics and Provinces		Zoran Polič	15 May 1974	SKJ	SR Slovenia

President and Presidency, 16 May

On 16 May a joint assembly of both chambers of the Assembly re-elected the head of the League of Communists Josip Broz Tito as President of the Republic. The 1974 constitution had affirmed his right as president-for-life at the discretion of the Assembly.

Role	Official		Took office	Party
President of the Republic		Josip Broz Tito	16 May 1974 (14 January 1953)	SKJ

The Assembly also confirmed the members of the collective Presidency selected by individual republic and provincial assemblies on 16 May.

Role in Presidency	Official		Took office	Party	Representing
Vice President		Petar Stambolić	16 May 1974	SKJ	SR Serbia
Member		Lazar Koliševski	16 May 1974	SKJ	SR Macedonia
Member		Vidoje Žarković	16 May 1974	SKJ	SR Montenegro
Member		Stevan Doronjski	16 May 1974	SKJ	SAP Vojvodina
Member		Fadil Hoxha	16 May 1974	SKJ	SAP Kosovo
Member		Cvijetin Mijatović	16 May 1974	SKJ	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Member		Edvard Kardelj	16 May 1974	SKJ	SR Slovenia
Member		Vladimir Bakarić	16 May 1974	SKJ	SR Croatia

Federal Executive Council elected, 17 May

On 17 May a new Federal Executive Council was elected with Džemal Bijedić serving as its President.

References

1. Yugoslavia IPU