Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1946

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national election parliamentary election

The Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1946 was a pivotal post–World War II vote in which the Communist Party emerged as the strongest political force, setting the stage for the 1948 communist takeover.

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Label Occurrences
1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election 1
Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1946 canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
after World War II ⓘ
aim to elect a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution ⓘ
chamberElected Constituent National Assembly ⓘ
constitutionalRole election of a Constituent National Assembly ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Czechoslovakia ⓘ
electoralAllianceContext National Front of Czechs and Slovaks ⓘ
electorate citizens of Czechoslovakia eligible to vote in 1946 ⓘ
followedBy Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1948 ⓘ
headOfGovernmentAfterElection Klement Gottwald ⓘ
historicalClassification first postwar parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
historicalPeriod early Cold War era ⓘ
languageOfCampaign Czech ⓘ
Slovak ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected National Assembly of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
location Czechoslovakia ⓘ
mainWinner Czechoslovak Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
numberOfSeatsContested 300 ⓘ
oppositionParties Czechoslovak National Social Party ⓘ
Czechoslovak People’s Party ⓘ
Democratic Party of Slovakia ⓘ
partOf political history of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
post–World War II history of Europe ⓘ
pointInTime 1946 ⓘ
politicalContext Soviet influence in Central Europe ⓘ
postwar reconstruction ⓘ
precededBy Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1935 ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Klement Gottwald ⓘ
relatedEvent Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ
relatedIdeology Christian democracy ⓘ
communism ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ
resultedIn Communist Party of Czechoslovakia becoming largest party in parliament ⓘ
formation of a coalition government dominated by Communists ⓘ
significance marked rise of Communist Party as dominant political force ⓘ
pivotal post–World War II vote in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
set the stage for the 1948 communist takeover in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
strongestParty Czechoslovak Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
temporalRelation before full communist consolidation of power in 1948 ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Third Czechoslovak Republic ⓘ
typeOfElection multi‑party election ⓘ
voterTurnout high ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ

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Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 → precededBy → Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1946 ⓘ
Third Czechoslovak Republic → politicalEvent → Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1946 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election