1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

none Czechoslovakia 1946 26 May 1946 1935 1948 All 300 seats in the Constituent National Assembly 151 93.86% Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Klement Gottwald 93 31.19 30 ČSNS Petr Zenkl 55 18.37 28 ČSL Jan Šrámek 46 15.71 22 Democratic Party (Slovakia, 1944) Jozef Lettrich 43 14.14 new ČSSD Zdeněk Fierlinger 37 12.10 38 Communist Party of Slovakia (1939) Štefan Bašťovanský 21 6.92 new Freedom Party (Slovakia) Vavro Šrobár 3 0.85 new Labour Party (Slovakia) Ivan Frlička 2 0.71 new Prime Minister Zdeněk Fierlinger Czechoslovak Social Democracy Klement Gottwald Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 26 May 1946.Nohlen Dieter Stöver Philip 2010 Elections in Europe: A data handbook 978-3-8329-5609-7 471 The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia emerged as the largest party, winning 114 of the 300 seats (93 for the main party and 21 for its Slovak branch) with 38% of the vote. The Communist vote share was higher than any party had ever achieved in a Czechoslovak parliamentary election; previously, no party had ever won more than 25%. Voter turnout was 94%.Nohlen & Stöver, p. 472 The national results also determined the composition of the Slovak National Council and local committees. This was one of only two free nationwide elections held in the Eastern Bloc, the other having been the 1945 Hungarian parliamentary election.Andorka, Rudolf et al. A Society Transformed, p.8. Central European University Press (1999), 963-9116-49-1 Two years later, the Communists staged a coup d'etat and forced President Edvard Beneš to appoint a Communist-dominated government.https://www.rferl.org/a/1088011.html Czech Republic: Fiftieth Anniversary Of Communist Coup Observed Jolyon Naegele Radio Free Europe 23 February 1998 As a result, the 1946 election was the last free and fair election held in Czechoslovakia until 1990.Kamm, Henry. Now, the Czech Reality; Political 'Amateurs,' After Free Elections, Turn to Problems Left by the Communists. The New York Times, 1990-06-11. Background After World War II a 300-member Interim National Assembly was formed and met for the first time on 28 October 1945.Nohlen & Stöver, p. 464 The Assembly created a new electoral system with the country divided into 28 multi-member constituencies.https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/1946-67 Zákon č. 67/1946 sb. o volbě ústavodárného Národního shromáždění 18 April 1946 Zakonyprolidi.cz cs 19 August 2017 150 members were elected from Bohemia, 81 from Moravia and Silesia and 69 from Slovakia. The voting age was lowered to 18, but only Czechs, Slovaks and other Slavs could register to vote. Opinion polls DatePolling firm KSČ ČSNS ČSL ČSSDBlankvotesNotes April 1946 ÚVVMmínění Ústav pro výzkum veřejného Výzkum Volby I. - 3/1946 duben ÚVVM/CVVM http://invenio.nusl.cz/record/42017?ln=cs Invenio Nusl 26 January 2018 cs 194639.6 22.5 19.2 16.0 2.7 Only Bohemia and Moravia Results File:National Assembly of Czechoslovakia 1946.svg Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 2205697 93 +63 Czechoslovak National Social Party 1298980 55 +27 Czechoslovak People's Party 1111009 46 +24 Democratic Party 999622 43 New Czechoslovak Social Democracy 855538 37 –1 Communist Party of Slovakia 489596 21 New Freedom Party 60195 3 New Labour Party 50079 2 New 27250 32177 0 7596947 Nohlen & Stöver Bohemia Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 1541852 65 Czechoslovak National Social Party 898425 38 Czechoslovak People's Party 580004 24 Czechoslovak Social Democracy 533029 23 10969 Statistical Handbook Moravia and Silesia Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 663845 28 Czechoslovak People's Party 531005 22 Czechoslovak National Social Party 400555 17 Czechoslovak Social Democracy 322509 14 8484 Statistical Handbook Slovakia Democratic Party 999622 43 Communist Party of Slovakia 489596 21 Freedom Party 60195 3 Labour Party 50079 2 12724 Statistical Handbook Aftermath Following the elections, Communist leader Klement Gottwald formed a coalition government. However, the Communists gradually tightened their grip on the country. After the non-Communist members resigned from the Cabinet on 25 February 1948, the Communists seized full control of the country.Nohlen & Stöver, p. 457Stupka Jiří Parlamentní volby v roce 1946 – odraz na stránkách ústředních tiskových orgánů politických stran Masaryk University https://is.muni.cz/th/209503/pedf_m/Parlamentni_volby_v_roce_1946_-_odraz_na_strankach_ustrednich_tiskovych_organu_politickych_stran_Diplomova_prace.pdf cs 2012 19 August 2017 See also 1946 Slovak parliamentary election References Czechoslovakia Parliamentary election Category:Legislative elections in Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia