1978 Yugoslavian parliamentary election

none 1978 Yugoslavian parliamentary election Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia parliamentary no 1974 Yugoslavian parliamentary election 1974 1982 Yugoslavian parliamentary election 1982 All 220 seats in the Federal ChamberAll 88 seats in the Chamber of Republics and Provinces Stevan Kargujevic, TIto,povratak iz Havane, 79.jpg 10 March–10 May 1978 Josip Broz Tito League of Communists of Yugoslavia SSRNJ 220 Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Veselin Đuranović Veselin Đuranović SKJ SKJ Parliamentary elections were held in Yugoslavia between 10 March and 10 May 1978 through a complicated delegate system which selected delegates to local, republic, and federal assemblies.Yugoslavia IPU They were the final federal elections held before the death of Josip Broz Tito. Background The elections were the second held under the new constitution adopted on 31 January 1974. It provided for a bicameral Assembly with a 220-member Federal Chamber and an 88-member Chamber of Republics and Provinces. 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. In 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. 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. 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 theAssembly Party SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Niko Mihaljević SKJ SR Croatia Jure Bilić SKJ SR Macedonia Blagoja Taleski SKJ SR Montenegro Budislav Šoškić SKJ SR Serbia Dušan Čkrebić SKJ SR Slovenia Milan Kučan SKJ SAP Vojvodina Vilmoš Molnar SKJ Republic Presidencies and Executive Councils, April Republic President of thePresidency Took office Party President of Executive Council Took office Party SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Raif Dizdarević April 1978 SKJ Milanko Renovica April 1978 SKJ SR Croatia Jakov Blažević May 1978 SKJ Petar Fleković 9 May 1978 SKJ SR Macedonia Vidoe Smilevski May 1978 SKJ Blagoj Popov April 1978 SKJ SR Montenegro Veljko Milatović April 1978 SKJ Momčilo Cemović 28 April 1978 SKJ SR Serbia Dobrivoje Vidić 5 May 1978 SKJ Ivan Stambolić 6 May 1978 SKJ SR Slovenia Sergej Kraigher May 1978 SKJ Anton Vratuša April 1978 SKJ 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 Dragoslav Marković 15 May 1978 SKJ SR Serbia Vice President of the Assembly Kiro Hadži-Vasilev 15 May 1978 SKJ SR Macedonia Vice President of the Assembly Sinan Hasani 15 May 1978 SKJ SAP Kosovo Vice President of the Assembly Rudi Kolak 15 May 1978 SKJ SR Bosnia and Herzegovina Vice President of the Assembly Sreten Kovačević 15 May 1978 SKJ SAP Vojvodina Vice President of the Assembly Ivan Kukoč 15 May 1978 SKJ SR Croatia President of the Federal Council Dobroslav Ćulafić 15 May 1974 SKJ SR Montenegro President of the Council of Republics and Provinces Zoran Polič 15 May 1978 SKJ SR Slovenia Federal Executive Council elected, 17 May On 16 May a new Federal Executive Council was elected with Veselin Đuranović serving as its president. References Category:Parliamentary elections in Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Parliamentary Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Category:One-party elections