With negotiations with the Communists falling through, President Beneš has invited the National Social Party to form a coalition government with its leader Petr Zenkl serving as Prime Minister. As the KSC has explicitly refused compromise over the Ministry of the Interior and other key governmental positions, the main negotiators have been the big three Democratic parties (holding a slim majority in parliament), with the Social Democrats also given special consideration in the cabinet appointees. The KSC is not expected to vote for it in any case, but has been given a proportional role in government anyways in the spirit of goodwill and cooperation between fellow Czechs and a recognition of their electoral standing.

The major differences in the cabinet lie in its focuses: the foreign-facing component with foreign trade and foreign affairs have been moved Communist in recognition of changing geopolitics and the necessity of re-affirming ties with the Soviet Union, while the interior-facing component such the police and military have been depoliticized. Meanwhile, the Social Democrats, representing a middle ground in terms of economic policy, have been given more substantive roles in such.

"Zenkl I" Cabinet of the Third Czechoslovak Republic (1946)