Constituent National Assembly (Czechoslovakia)

The Constituent National Assembly (Czech: Ústavodárné národní shromáždění, Slovak: Ústavodarné národné zhromaždenie) was the unicameral parliament of the Third Republic of Czechoslovakia from 1946 until 1948. Only one election was ever held, in May 1946.

Constituent National Assembly
of the Czechoslovak Republic

Ústavodárné národní shromáždění republiky Československé  (Czech)
Ústavodarné národné zhromaždenie republiky Československej  (Slovak)
Legislative body in Czechoslovakia
Type
Type
History
Established18 June 1946
Disbanded30 May 1948
Preceded byInterim National Assembly
Succeeded byNational Assembly
Structure
Seats300 members
Political groups
  •      KSČ (93)
  •      ČSNS (55)
  •      ČSL (46)
  •      DS (43)
  •      ČSSD (37)
  •      KSS (21)
  •      SS (3)
  •      SP (2)
Elections
Direct competitive proportional representation
Last election
26 May 1946
Meeting place
Constituent National Assembly, Prague

The Constituent National Assembly was a successor to the Interim National Assembly. Democracy in Czechoslovakia ended in the Czechoslovak coup d'état of February 1948, where the Communist Party took power.[1] Democracy was not restored until 41 years later.

Presidents of the Constituent National Assembly
Name Party Entered office Left office
Antonín Zápotocký Communist Party of Czechoslovakia 18 June 1946 18 July 1946
Josef David Czechoslovak National Social Party 18 July 1946 30 May 1948
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References
  1. Simons, William (1960). The Constitutions of the Communist World. Springer Publishing. ISBN 9789028600706.
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