1946 Soviet Union legislative election
Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 10 February 1946.[1] According to Soviet law, 325,000 out of an eligible adult population of 101,718,000 were disenfranchised for various reasons. This election was the first in which a 1945 decree allowed members of the Red Army stationed outside the Soviet Union to vote for both chambers of the Supreme Soviet in special 100,000-member districts, a practice which would continue for decades with the Red Army presence in the Eastern bloc .
Results [ edit ] Soviet of the Union [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats +/– All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 100,621,225 99.19 576 +115 Independents 106 –2 Against 819,699 0.81 – – Total 101,440,924 100.00 682 +113 Valid votes 101,440,924 99.99 Invalid/blank votes 10,012 0.01 Total votes 101,450,936 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 101,717,686 99.74 Source: Nohlen & Stöver
By republic [ edit ] Soviet Republic Votes Seats For % Against % Invalid Russian SFSR 56,331,954 99.22 Armenian SSR 641,254 99.71 Azerbaijan SSR 1,415,493 99.72 Byelorussian SSR 4,011,161 99.37 Estonian SSR 719,803 94.59 Georgian SSR 1,937,780 99.90 Karelo-Finnish SSR 208,654 99.43 Kazakh SSR 3,284,296 99.56 Kirghiz SSR 773,891 99.54 Latvian SSR 1,223,310 98.93 Lithuanian SSR 1,207,200 95.38 Moldavian SSR 1,286,652 99.62 Tajik SSR 723,889 99.80 Turkmen SSR 620,207 99.74 Ukrainian SSR 20,392,737 99.08 Uzbek SSR 3,096,932 99.79 Soviet Union 100,621,225 99.18 819,699 0.81 10,012 682 Source: Cīņa, Nr. 38 (14,02.1946)
Soviet of Nationalities [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats +/– All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 100,603,567 99.19 509 +100 Independents 148 –17 Against 818,955 0.81 – – Total 101,422,522 100.00 657 +83 Valid votes 101,422,522 99.97 Invalid/blank votes 28,414 0.03 Total votes 101,450,936 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 101,717,686 99.74 Source: Nohlen & Stöver
References [ edit ] The Distinctiveness of Soviet Law . Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, ed. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: Dordrecht (1987): 110–112.
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