1954 Soviet Union legislative election

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1954 Soviet Union legislative election
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All 1,347 seats in the Supreme Soviet
 First partySecond party
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Leader Nikita Khrushchev
Party CPSU Independent
Alliance BKB BKB
Leader since13 March 1953
Last election1099217
Seats won1050297
Seat changeDecrease2.svg49Increase2.svg80
Percentage78.0%22.0%
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election

Georgy Malenkov
CPSU

Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Georgy Malenkov
CPSU

Stamp marking the 1954 elections Stamp of USSR 1746.jpg
Stamp marking the 1954 elections

Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 14 March 1954. [1]

Contents

Electoral system

Candidates had to be nominated by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (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 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

Soviet Union Soviet of the Union 1954.svg
Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
BKB Communist Party of the Soviet Union 120,479,24999.79565–15
Independents143+45
Against247,8970.21––
Total120,727,146100.00708+30
Valid votes120,727,146100.00
Invalid/blank votes6800.00
Total votes120,727,826100.00
Registered voters/turnout120,750,81699.98
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Soviet of Nationalities

Soviet Union Soviet of Nationalities 1954.svg
Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
BKB Communist Party of the Soviet Union 120,539,86099.84485–34
Independents154+35
Against187,3570.16––
Total120,727,217100.00639+1
Valid votes120,727,217100.00
Invalid/blank votes6090.00
Total votes120,727,826100.00
Registered voters/turnout120,750,81699.98
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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References

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