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1966 Soviet Union legislative election

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Field	Value
country	Soviet Union
previous_election	1962 Soviet Union legislative election
previous_year	1962
next_election	1970 Soviet Union legislative election
next_year	1970
election_date	12 June 1966
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
election_name	Soviet of the Union
seats_for_election	All 767 seats in the Soviet of the Union
noleader	yes
nopercentage	yes
party1	Communist Party	last_election1 = 604	seats1 = 573
party2	Independents	last_election2 = 187	seats2 = 194
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
election_name	Soviet of Nationalities
seats_for_election	All 750 seats in the Soviet of Nationalities
noleader	yes
nopercentage	yes
party1	Communist Party	last_election1 = 490	seats1 = 568
party2	Independents	last_election2 = 162	seats2 = 182
title	Chairman of the Council of Ministers
before_election	Alexei Kosygin
before_party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union
after_election	Alexei Kosygin
after_party	Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Soviet Union on 12 June 1966.

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 if they wished, 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

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1642 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1630
The CPSU itself remained the only legal one in the country.Nohlen & Stöver, p1654
Nohlen & Stöver, p1631

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