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1970 Soviet Union legislative election

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Field	Value
country	Soviet Union
previous_election	1966 Soviet Union legislative election
previous_year	1966
next_election	1974 Soviet Union legislative election
next_year	1974
election_date	14 June 1970
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 = 573	seats1 = 562
party2	Independents	last_election2 = 194	seats2 = 205
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 = 568	seats1 = 534
party2	Independents	last_election2 = 182	seats2 = 216
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 14 June 1970.

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

By republic

Soviet Republic	Votes	Seats	For	%	Against	%
Russian SFSR	84,511,249	99.62	318,725	0.38	222	423
Armenian SSR	1,251,812	99.91	1,140	0.09	0	7
Azerbaijan SSR	2,472,025	99.95	1,260	0.05	7	15
Byelorussian SSR	5,838,677	99.92	4,423	0.08	2	28
Estonian SSR	945,879	99.67	3,019	0.33	56	4
Georgian SSR	2,833,298	99.98	549	0.02	6	15
Kazakh SSR	7,038,724	99.72	19,755	0.28	1	39
Kirghiz SSR	1,475,729	99.77	3,364	0.23	0	9
Latvian SSR	1,701,358	99.92	1,354	0.08	10	7
Lithuanian SSR	2,055,767	99.96	873	0.04	2	10
Moldavian SSR	2,163,805	99.93	1,583	0.07	0	11
Tajik SSR	1,336,401	99.86	1,939	0.14	1	8
Turkmen SSR	1,033,718	99.80	2,081	0.20	0	6
Ukrainian SSR	32,496,538	99.92	27,431	0.08	0	150
Uzbek SSR	5,616,759	99.84	8,847	0.16	114	35
Soviet Union	152,771,739	99.74	396,343	0.24	420	767
Source: IPU

Soviet of Nationalities

By republic

Votes	Seats	For	%	Against	%	Invalid
Union Republics	152,843,228	99.79	320,633	0.21	441	480
Autonomous Republics	11,449,897	99.59	47,169	0.41	24	220
Autonomous Regions	1,115,099	99.64	3,978	0.36	1	40
National Areas	583,055	99.55	2,645	0.45	0	10
Source: IPU

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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