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The non-socialist members of the Front were allowed to maintain their existence in order to keep up the appearance of pluralism. However, since no party could take part in the political process without KSČ approval, Communist control was now total. Representation was allocated in accordance with a
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would side with them and force
Gottwald to either back down, resign, or call early elections that the Communists would not have time to rig. Beneš initially supported their position, and refused to accept their resignations. By this time, however, Gottwald had dropped all pretense of liberal
670:, a postwar coalition that had been converted into a Communist-dominated patriotic organisation. Voters could only reject the list by requesting a blank ballot. The Front officially received 89.2 percent of the vote, with the Communists and their
689:
The 89.2 percent received by the Front would be the lowest vote share that it would claim during the 41 years of
Communist rule in Czechoslovakia. In subsequent elections, the Front would claim to win with 97 percent or more of the vote.
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winning 214 of the 300 seats (160 for the main party and 54 for the Slovak branch), enough for a majority in their own right. Their majority grew even larger when the Social
Democrats merged with the Communists later in the year.
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democracy. He not only refused to resign, but demanded the appointment of a
Communist-dominated government under threat of a general strike. His Communist colleagues occupied the offices of the non-Communist ministers.
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held most of the key posts. Members of the other parties still figured, so it was still technically a coalition. However, all non-Communist ministers except
Foreign Minister
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The reconfigured government scheduled elections that set the tone for all elections held in
Czechoslovakia until 1989. Voters were presented with a single list from the
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659:" and branded the coup as a defense of "the People's Democratic Order," it was not a completely Communist document. However, the influence of the
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set percentage. For the next four decades, voters would only have the option of approving or rejecting a single list from the
National Front.
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intervention, Beneš gave way on 25 February and appointed a new government in accordance with
Gottwald's demands. Communists and pro-Moscow
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Beneš resigned three days after the elections, and
Gottwald took over most presidential duties until his formal election as president
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The endgame began on 13 February, when a majority of the cabinet demanded that
Communist Interior Minister
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620:. On 21 February, 12 non-Communist ministers (out of a total of 27 ministers) resigned, believing that
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stop packing the police with Communists. Nosek refused, and was supported by
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on 30 May 1948. They were the first elections held
663:was strong enough that Beneš refused to sign it.
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958:The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown
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970:Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia: Stalinization
1019:Elections and referendums in Czechoslovakia
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930:Results of the elections in Czechoslovakia
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655:. Although it declared Czechoslovakia a "
647:handpicked by the Communists. On 9 May,
17:1948 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
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1287:Elections in Communist Czechoslovakia
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589:Parliamentary elections were held in
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973:Library of Congress Country Studies
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601:(KSČ) had seized complete power
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478:Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
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766:Czechoslovak Social Democracy
653:Constituent National Assembly
790:Czechoslovak Socialist Party
468:Second Czechoslovak Republic
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778:Czechoslovak People's Party
754:Communist Party of Slovakia
616:and Communist Party leader
473:Third Czechoslovak Republic
463:First Czechoslovak Republic
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956:Hugh LeCaine Agnew (2004)
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657:people's democratic state
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1282:1948 elections in Europe
661:1936 Soviet Constitution
484:Czech Socialist Republic
449:Administrative divisions
1026:Parliamentary elections
946:Encyclopædia Britannica
802:Party of Slovak Revival
535:Communist foreign trade
330:Slovak National Council
1292:1948 in Czechoslovakia
1251:Presidential elections
325:Czech National Council
1261:Elections in Slovakia
960:, Hoover Press, p1954
69:All 300 seats in the
45:30 May 1948
942:Czechoslovak history
595:under Communist rule
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603:four months earlier
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1128:Regional elections
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649:a new constitution
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645:fellow travellers
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438:Political parties
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149:Seats after
71:National Assembly
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618:Klement Gottwald
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320:Federal Assembly
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212:Klement Gottwald
194:Klement Gottwald
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1230:Referendums
881:Total votes
855:Valid votes
823:Blank votes
641:Jan Masaryk
505:Dissolution
301:Legislative
1276:Categories
1249:See also:
917:References
514:Hyphen War
310:Presidents
49:1948-05-30
897:7,998,035
884:7,419,253
858:7,198,766
840:7,198,766
740:6,424,734
622:President
345:Elections
298:Executive
137:Alliance
907:Source:
633:Red Army
631:Fearing
204:Elected
871:220,487
826:774,032
694:Results
113:Leader
99:
89:
77:Turnout
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887:100.00
843:100.00
597:; the
457:States
125:Party
80:92.76%
900:92.76
861:97.03
837:Total
829:10.75
743:89.25
721:Seats
715:Votes
643:were
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1216:1986
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1176:1931
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1053:1946
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1043:1929
1038:1925
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932:CZSO
874:2.97
428:1992
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403:1971
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388:1954
383:1948
378:1946
373:1935
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363:1925
358:1920
282:1968
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272:1948
267:1920
262:1918
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