1946 Soviet Union legislative election

Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 10 February 1946.[1] According to Soviet law, 325,000 out of an eligible adult population of 101,718,000 were disenfranchised for various reasons. This election was the first in which a 1945 decree allowed members of the Red Army stationed outside the Soviet Union to vote for both chambers of the Supreme Soviet in special 100,000-member districts, a practice which would continue for decades with the Red Army presence in the Eastern bloc.

1946 Soviet Union legislative election
10 February 1946
All 1,339 seats in the Supreme Soviet
  First party Second party
 
Leader Joseph Stalin
Party VKP(b) Independents
Alliance BKB BKB
Leader since 21 January 1924
Last election 870 seats 273 seats
Seats before 870 273
Seats won 1085 254
Seat change Increase 215 Decrease 19
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election

Joseph Stalin
VKP(b)

 Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Joseph Stalin
VKP(b)

Results

Soviet of the Union
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)100,621,22599.19576+115
Independents106–2
Against819,6990.81––
Total101,440,924100.00682+113
Valid votes101,440,92499.99
Invalid/blank votes10,0120.01
Total votes101,450,936100.00
Registered voters/turnout101,717,68699.74
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Soviet of Nationalities
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)100,603,56799.19509+100
Independents148–17
Against818,9550.81––
Total101,422,522100.00657+83
Valid votes101,422,52299.97
Invalid/blank votes28,4140.03
Total votes101,450,936100.00
Registered voters/turnout101,717,68699.74
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  • The Distinctiveness of Soviet Law. Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, ed. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: Dordrecht (1987): 110-112.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.