Parliamentary elections were held in

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on 12 June 1960.National Assembly 1954-1960
Czechoslovak Unit Voters were presented with a single list from the National Front, dominated by the

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(KSČ). 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. 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. These was the last elections held under the

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. A month after the elections, the new

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approved a new constitution that proclaimed "socialism has won" in Czechoslovakia, and changed the country's official name to the

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, ČSSR, formerly known from 1948 to 1960 as the Czechoslovak Republic or Fourth Czechoslovak Republic, was the official name of Czechoslovakia from 1960 to 29 March 1990, when it was renamed the Czechoslovak ...

. 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.Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia: Stalinization
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Single-candidate elections

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Elections in Communist Czechoslovakia Parliamnentary