1950 Soviet Union legislative election

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

1950 Soviet Union legislative election
12 March 1950
All 1316 seats to the Soviet Supreme Soviet
  First party Second party
 
Leader Joseph Stalin
Party CPSU Independent
Leader since 21 January 1924
Seats won 1099 217
Percentage 83.5% 16.5%
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election

Joseph Stalin
CPSU

 Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Joseph Stalin
CPSU

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 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
Party Soviet of the Union Soviet of Nationalities
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)110,788,37799.7580110,782,00999.7519
Independents98119
Against300,1460.3–306,8300.3–
Invalid/blank votes1,487––1,619––
Total111,090,010100678111,090,010100638
Registered voters/turnout111,116,373100–111,116,373100–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

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