Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1946
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The 1946 parliamentary elections in Czechoslovakia took place on May 26, 1946. They were the last elections in Czechoslovakia, before Communists took power in 1948. The result of this election enabled them to a great extent to do so.
Voting age was lowered to 18 years. Suffrage was granted only for citizens with Czech, Slovak or other Slav nationality (not for Czechoslovak citizens with German, Hungrarian or Jew nationality). Only six political parties of National front were allowed (additional two were allowed a few moths before elections). Voting was compulsory.
Voters could cast a blank ballot to abstain.
The results were different in Czech lands, where the Communists won, as compared to Slovakia, where the Democratic Party (the anti-Communists) won.
[edit] Total results
The results are in the following table:
| Political party | % won | Seats won in the Czechoslovak parliament out of 300 |
| Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) | 31.05% | 93 |
| Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) | 6.89% | 21 |
| Czechoslovak National Socialist Party | 18.29% | 55 |
| Czechoslovak People's Party | 15.64% | 46 |
| Democratic Party | 14.07% | 43 |
| Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party | 12,05% | 37 |
| Freedom Party | 0.85% | 3 |
| Party of Work | 0.71% | 2 |
| empty ballot | 0.45% |
[edit] The Czech part of the total results
| Political party | % won in Czech lands |
| Communist Party of Czechoslovakia | 40.17% |
| Czechoslovak National Socialist Party | 23.66% |
| Czechoslovak People's Party | 20.24% |
| Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party | 15,58% |
| empty ballot | 0.35% |
[edit] The Slovak part of the total results
| Political party | % won in Slovakia |
| Democratic Party | 62.00% |
| Communist Party of Slovakia | 30.37% |
| Freedom Party | 3.73% |
| Party of Work | 3.11% |
| empty ballot | 0.79% |
