1945 Yugoslavian parliamentary election

none January 2024 Democratic Federal Yugoslavia parliamentary 1938 Yugoslavian parliamentary election 1938 1950 Yugoslavian parliamentary election All 354 seats in the Federal AssemblyAll 175 seats in the Assembly of Nations 1950 88.57% 11 November 1945 Josip Broz Tito Bihać 1942.jpg Josip Broz Tito KPJ People's Front 354 90.48% File:1945 Yugoslavian parliamentary election.png Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz Tito KPJ KPJ Parliamentary elections were held in Yugoslavia on 11 November 1945."Yugoslavia At The Polls", The Times, 12 November 1945 Due to an opposition boycott, the governing People's Front, dominated by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, was the only organisation to participate in the elections. The Front officially claimed 90% of the vote, with turnout at 89%. Electoral system thumb|right|A museum exhibit of the ballot boxes in the election in Ljubljana, Slovenia next to a bust of Josip Broz Tito. The text above the ballot boxes reads "He who votes black is an enemy of our people!" The elections were held under a system approved by the Yugoslav Provisional Parliament."Marshal Tito On The Election", The Times, 13 September 1945 Josip Broz Tito claimed it was to be the "most democratic [election] Yugoslavia has ever had" and promised that the opposition would be allowed to participate in the elections. All men and women over 18 were granted the right to vote, although "traitors" were denied the right to vote. The government claimed this covered around 3% of voters, although the opposition put the figure much higher. Over seven million people were ultimately registered. The electoral law provided for a bicameral Constitutional Assembly with a 354-seat National Assembly and a 175-seat Assembly of Nations. The National Assembly had one seat for every 40,000 voters. Voting was conducted using rubber balls, which voters deposited in a ballot box marked with the label of the party they intended to vote for. Voters had to place their hands in both ballot boxes to maintain the secrecy of which party they had voted for. Despite the opposition boycott, ballot boxes for the opposition were placed in polling stations alongside those for the People's Front following an amendment to the electoral law. Campaign The People's Front consisted of the major pre-war parties in the country, and ran under the slogan "Confirm our victory!" (sh Potvrdite našu pobjedu!)."Elections In Yugoslavia", The Times, 9 November 1945 Despite claiming significant support in Croatia and Serbia, the pro-monarchy opposition refused to contest the elections, claiming to have faced intimidation. An opposition newspaper, Demokratija, was closed down a week before the elections, with the government claiming it was attempting to damage Yugoslav Army morale and encourage foreign intervention."Yugoslavia In Transition", The Times, 22 November 1945 Results Federal Assembly People's Front 6725047 354 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Opposition 707422 0 8383455 88.66 Banac,Ivo Banac (1988) With Stalin Against Tito: Cominformist Splits in Yugoslav Communism, Cornell University Press, p18 Službeni ListСлужбени лист на Демократска Федеративна Југославија, 92/45, page 995 Assembly of Nations People's Front 6574975 175 League of Communists of Yugoslavia Opposition 838239 0 8383455 88.43 Službeni ListСлужбени лист на Демократска Федеративна Југославија, 92/45, page 1003 Aftermath Eighteen days after the elections, the newly elected legislature formally abolished the monarchy and declared the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. This marked the onset of undisguised communist party rule. For the next four and a half decades, the Communist Party (later the League of Communists) would govern the country as a one-party state. References Category:Parliamentary elections in Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Parliamentary Category:One-party elections Yugoslavia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results