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1976 Czechoslovak parliamentary election Turnout 99.70%
Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 22 and 23 October 1976.[ 1] 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] 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] [ 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]
House of the People [ edit ] 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
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
^ One member of the Communist parliamentary group is also in the unaffiliated group.[ 4]
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