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1954 Soviet Union legislative election

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countrySoviet Union
flag_year1936
previous_election1950 Soviet Union legislative election
previous_year1950
next_election1958 Soviet Union legislative election
next_year1958
election_date14 March 1954
module{{Infobox legislative election
embedyes
election_nameSoviet of the Union
seats_for_electionAll 708 seats in the Soviet of the Union
noleaderyes
nopercentageyes
party1Communist Partylast_election1 = 580seats1 = 565
party2Independentslast_election2 = 98seats2 = 143
module{{Infobox legislative election
embedyes
election_nameSoviet of Nationalities
seats_for_electionAll 639 seats in the Soviet of Nationalities
noleaderyes
nopercentageyes
party1Communist Partylast_election1 = 519seats1 = 485
party2Independentslast_election2 = 119seats2 = 154
titleChairman of the Council of Ministers
before_electionGeorgy Malenkov
before_partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union
after_electionGeorgy Malenkov
after_partyCommunist Party of the Soviet Union

Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Soviet Union on 14 March 1954.

Electoral system

Candidates had to be nominated by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) or by a public organisation. However, all public organisations were controlled by the party and were subservient to a 1931 law that required them to accept party rule.

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. Turnout was required to be over 50% for the election to be valid.

Candidates

CPSU candidates accounted for around three quarters of the nominees, whilst many of the others were members of Komsomol.

Results

Soviet of the Union

Soviet of Nationalities

References

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. The CPSU itself remained the only legal party in the country.Nohlen & Stöver, p1654
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1631
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