1925 Soviet Union local elections

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Local elections were held in the Soviet Union in 1925. [1] They were held as a result of low turnout in the 1924 elections causing the results in 40% of rural districts to be invalid, as a 50% turnout was required. [2]

The Communist Party suffered a setback during the elections as Communists were voted out of soviets in different regions. This contributed to rising calls for peasant unions modelled after the earlier All-Russian Peasant Union. [3]

According to Soviet law, multiple groups out of the eligible adult voting population were disenfranchised from all elections for various reasons. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Maksimov, Konstantin Nikolaevich (2008). Kalmykia in Russia's Past and Present National Policies and Administrative System. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 231. ISBN   9781435648258 . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Velikanova, Olga (2013). Popular Perceptions of Soviet Politics in the 1920s: Disenchantment of the Dreamers. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 138. ISBN   9781137030740 . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  3. ↑ Smith, Stephen A. (2018). Russia in Revolution: An Empire in Crisis, 1890 to 1928 . New York: Oxford University Press. p. 299. ISBN   9780198734833.
  4. ↑ Федорова, Наталия Анатольевна (2007). "Лишенцы 1920-х годов: советское сословие отверженных". Журнал исследований социальной политики. 5 (4). ISSN   1727-0634 . Retrieved 15 October 2025.
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