1985 Russian Supreme Soviet election

24 February 1985 (1985-02-24)

All 975 seats to the
Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
  First party
 
Leader Konstantin Chernenko
Party CPSU
Alliance BKB
Leader since 13 February 1984
Seats won 975

Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR were held on 24 February 1985, along with elections to Soviets in the rest of the Republics of the USSR.

The official turnout was 99.97%.[1] 975 people were elected, all from the Bloc of Communists and Non-Partisans[2]

100% of voters in their constituency voted for the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Konstantin Chernenko.[3] Chernenko died two weeks later.

References

  1. https://www.ulgik.ru/den-v-istorii/24-fevralya-1985-goda/ 24 февраля 1985 года
  2. https://regnum.ru/news/polit/2242530.html Последние Советы Советской власти
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtsxyLcIb5U Время. Эфир 28 февраля 1985
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