1978 Yugoslavian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Yugoslavia between 10 March and 10 May 1978 through a complicated delegate system which selected delegates to local, republic, and federal assemblies.^[1]

1978 Yugoslavian parliamentary election

← 1974 10 March–10 May 1978 1982 →
All 220 seats in the Federal Chamber All 88 seats in the Chamber of Republics and Provinces
First party   Leader Josip Broz Tito Party SKJ Alliance SSRNJ Seats won 220
Prime Minister before election Veselin Đuranović SKJ Prime Minister after election Veselin Đuranović SKJ

Background

The elections were the second held under the new constitution adopted on 31 January 1974. It provided for a bicameral Assembly with a 220-member Federal Chamber and an 88-member Chamber of Republics and Provinces.^[1]

Electoral system

The members of the Federal Chamber represented three groups; self-managing organisations, communities and socio-political organisations. Thirty members were elected from each of the six republics and 20 from the two autonomous provinces, Kosovo and Vojvodina.^[1]

In March, voters elected representatives of basic labour organisations. These in turn elected the Communal Assemblies in early April. The Communal Assemblies then elected the members of the Federal Chamber.^[1]

The members of the Chamber of Republics were elected by the Assemblies of the six republics and provinces, with each republic electing 12 members and Kosovo and Vojvodina electing eight each. Members were elected in a period ending on 10 May.^[1]

Republic and provincial assemblies convened, April

In April and May inaugural sessions of all three chambers of the republics' and provinces' assemblies convened for the first time and elected the presidents of all their bodies.

Republic	President of the Assembly		Party
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina		Niko Mihaljević	SKJ
SR Croatia		Jure Bilić	SKJ
SR Macedonia		Blagoja Taleski	SKJ
SR Montenegro		Budislav Šoškić	SKJ
SR Serbia		Dušan Čkrebić	SKJ
SR Slovenia		Milan Kučan	SKJ
SAP Vojvodina		Vilmoš Molnar	SKJ

Republic Presidencies and Executive Councils, April

Republic	President of the Presidency		Took office	Party	President of Executive Council		Took office	Party
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina		Raif Dizdarević	April 1978	SKJ		Milanko Renovica	April 1978	SKJ
SR Croatia		Jakov Blažević	May 1978	SKJ		Petar Fleković	9 May 1978	SKJ
SR Macedonia		Vidoe Smilevski	May 1978	SKJ		Blagoj Popov	April 1978	SKJ
SR Montenegro		Veljko Milatović	April 1978	SKJ		Momčilo Cemović	28 April 1978	SKJ
SR Serbia		Dobrivoje Vidić	5 May 1978	SKJ		Ivan Stambolić	6 May 1978	SKJ
SR Slovenia		Sergej Kraigher	May 1978	SKJ		Anton Vratuša	April 1978	SKJ

Assembly convened, 15 May

On 15 May a joint session of both chambers of the Assembly convened for the first time and elected the presidents of all the bodies.

Role	Official		Took office	Party	Representing
President of the Assembly		Dragoslav Marković	15 May 1978	SKJ	SR Serbia
Vice President of the Assembly		Kiro Hadži-Vasilev	15 May 1978	SKJ	SR Macedonia
Vice President of the Assembly		Sinan Hasani	15 May 1978	SKJ	SAP Kosovo
Vice President of the Assembly		Rudi Kolak	15 May 1978	SKJ	SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vice President of the Assembly		Sreten Kovačević	15 May 1978	SKJ	SAP Vojvodina
Vice President of the Assembly		Ivan Kukoč	15 May 1978	SKJ	SR Croatia
President of the Federal Council		Dobroslav Ćulafić	15 May 1974	SKJ	SR Montenegro
President of the Council of Republics and Provinces		Zoran Polič	15 May 1978	SKJ	SR Slovenia

Federal Executive Council elected, 17 May

On 16 May a new Federal Executive Council was elected with Veselin Đuranović serving as its President.

References

1. Yugoslavia IPU