1950 Soviet Union legislative election

1950 Soviet Union legislative election
	12 March 1950
All 1,316 seats in the Supreme Soviet
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election; Joseph Stalin; CPSU	Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers ; Joseph Stalin; CPSU

Postage stamp marking the election

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

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 in theory 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

Soviet of the Union


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)	110,788,377	99.73	580	+4
	Independents	110,788,377	99.73	98	–8
Against		300,146	0.27	–	–
Total		111,088,523	100.00	678	–4

Valid votes		111,088,523	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		1,487	0.00
Total votes		111,090,010	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		111,116,373	99.98
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Soviet of Nationalities


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)	110,782,009	99.72	519	+10
	Independents	110,782,009	99.72	119	–29
Against		306,830	0.28	–	–
Total		111,088,839	100.00	638	–19

Valid votes		111,088,839	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		1,619	0.00
Total votes		111,090,458	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		111,116,373	99.98
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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

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[NS-1] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[N-2] 1 2 3 4 Nohlen & Stöver, p1630

[3] Nohlen & Stöver, p1654

[4] Nohlen & Stöver, p1631

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