1970 Soviet Union legislative election

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1970 Soviet Union legislative election
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  1966 14 June 1970 1974  
Soviet of the Union

All 767 seats in the Soviet of the Union
PartySeats+/–
Communist Party 562−11
Independents 205+11
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Soviet of Nationalities

All 750 seats in the Soviet of Nationalities
PartySeats+/–
Communist Party 534−34
Independents 216+34
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairman of the Council of Ministers beforeChairman of the Council of Ministers after
Alexei Kosygin
CPSU
Alexei Kosygin
CPSU

Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Soviet Union on 14 June 1970. [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 one 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 1970.svg
Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
BKB Communist Party of the Soviet Union 152,771,73999.74562–11
Independents205+11
Against400,0540.26
Total153,171,793100.007670
Valid votes153,171,793100.00
Invalid/blank votes4200.00
Total votes153,172,213100.00
Registered voters/turnout153,237,11299.96
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By republic

Soviet RepublicVotesSeats
For%Against%Invalid
Russian SFSR 84,511,24999.62318,7250.38222423
Armenian SSR 1,251,81299.911,1400.0907
Azerbaijan SSR 2,472,02599.951,2600.05715
Byelorussian SSR 5,838,67799.924,4230.08228
Estonian SSR 945,87999.673,0190.33564
Georgian SSR 2,833,29899.985490.02615
Kazakh SSR 7,038,72499.7219,7550.28139
Kirghiz SSR 1,475,72999.773,3640.2309
Latvian SSR 1,701,35899.921,3540.08107
Lithuanian SSR 2,055,76799.968730.04210
Moldavian SSR 2,163,80599.931,5830.07011
Tajik SSR 1,336,40199.861,9390.1418
Turkmen SSR 1,033,71899.802,0810.2006
Ukrainian SSR 32,496,53899.9227,4310.080150
Uzbek SSR 5,616,75999.848,8470.1611435
Soviet Union 152,771,73999.74396,3430.24420767
Source: IPU

Soviet of Nationalities

Soviet Union Soviet of Nationalities 1970.svg
Party or allianceVotes%Seats+/–
BKB Communist Party of the Soviet Union 152,843,22899.79534–34
Independents216+34
Against328,5440.21
Total153,171,772100.007500
Valid votes153,171,772100.00
Invalid/blank votes4410.00
Total votes153,172,213100.00
Registered voters/turnout153,237,11299.96
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By republic

VotesSeats
For%Against%Invalid
Union Republics152,843,22899.79320,6330.21441480
Autonomous Republics11,449,89799.5947,1690.4124220
Autonomous Regions1,115,09999.643,9780.36140
National Areas583,05599.552,6450.45010
Source: IPU

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