1960 Czechoslovak parliamentary election

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12 June 1960 (1960-06-12)

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All 300 seats in the National Assembly

Turnout

99.68%

	Majority party

Leader	Antonín Novotný
Party	KSČ
Alliance	National Front
Seats after	147
Seat change	25

Prime Minister before election

Viliam Široký
KSČ

Elected Prime Minister

Viliam Široký
KSČ

Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 12 June 1960.^[1] Voters were presented with a single list from the National Front, dominated by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ).^[1] According to official figures, 99.7 percent of eligible voters turned out to vote, and 99.9 percent of those who voted approved the National Front list.^[1] Within the Front, the Communists had a large majority of 216 seats–147 for the main party and 69 for the Slovak branch.

Non-Communist members appeared on the National Front list in order to keep up the appearance of pluralism. However, seats were allocated in accordance with a set percentage, and no party could take part in the political process without KSČ approval.^[2]

These was the last elections held under the Ninth-of-May Constitution. A month after the elections, the new National Assembly approved a new constitution that proclaimed "socialism has won" in Czechoslovakia, and changed the country's official name to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The new document made democratic centralism a part of constitutional law and defined Czechoslovakia as a socialist state under the leadership of the KSČ, codifying the actual state of affairs that had prevailed since the 1948 Communist takeover.^[3]

Results


Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats
	National Front	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia	9,059,838	99.86	147
		Communist Party of Slovakia			69
		Czechoslovak Socialist Party			19
		Czechoslovak People's Party			16
		Party of Slovak Revival			4
		Freedom Party			2
		Independents			43
Against			12,775	0.14	–
Total			9,072,613	100.00	300

Valid votes			9,072,613	99.86
Invalid/blank votes			12,819	0.14
Total votes			9,085,432	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			9,115,013	99.68
Source: PSP, CZSO

References

^ ^a ^b ^c National Assembly 1954-1960 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Czechoslovak Unit
^ Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia: Stalinization Library of Congress Country Studies
^ Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia: Stalinization Library of Congress Country Studies