1950 Soviet Union legislative election

1950 Soviet Union legislative election

← 1946 12 March 1950 1954 →

All 1,316 seats in the Supreme Soviet
  First party Second party
 
Leader Joseph Stalin
Party VKP(b) Independents
Alliance BKB BKB
Last election 1,085 seats 254 seats
Seats won 1,099 217
Seat change Increase 14 Decrease 37

Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election

Joseph Stalin
CPSU

Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Joseph Stalin
CPSU

Postage stamp marking the election

Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 12 March 1950.[1]

Electoral system

Candidates had to be nominated by the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (CPSU) or by a public organisation.[2] However, all public organisations were controlled by the party and were subservient to a 1931 law that required them to accept party rule.[2] The CPSU itself remained the only legal party in the country.[3]

Voters could in theory vote against the CPSU candidate, but could only do so by using polling booths, whereas votes for the party could be cast simply by submitting a blank ballot.[2] Turnout was required to be over 50% for the election to be valid.[2]

Candidates

CPSU candidates accounted for around three quarters of the nominees, whilst many of the others were members of Komsomol.[4]

Results

Soviet of the Union

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)110,788,37799.73580+4
Independents98–8
Against300,1460.27
Total111,088,523100.00678–4
Valid votes111,088,523100.00
Invalid/blank votes1,4870.00
Total votes111,090,010100.00
Registered voters/turnout111,116,37399.98
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Soviet of Nationalities

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)110,782,00999.72519+10
Independents119–29
Against306,8300.28
Total111,088,839100.00638–19
Valid votes111,088,839100.00
Invalid/blank votes1,6190.00
Total votes111,090,458100.00
Registered voters/turnout111,116,37399.98
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b c d Nohlen & Stöver, p1630
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1654
  4. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1631
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