Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Soviet Union on 14 March 1954.[1]
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All 708 seats in the Soviet of the Union | |||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||
All 639 seats in the Soviet of Nationalities | |||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Electoral system
editCandidates had to be nominated by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (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 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
editCPSU candidates accounted for around three quarters of the nominees, whilst many of the others were members of Komsomol.[4]
Results
editSoviet of the Union
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| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
| BKB | Communist Party of the Soviet Union | 120,479,249 | 99.79 | 565 | –15 | ||
| Independents | 143 | +45 | |||||
| Against | 247,897 | 0.21 | – | – | |||
| Total | 120,727,146 | 100.00 | 708 | +30 | |||
| Valid votes | 120,727,146 | 100.00 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 680 | 0.00 | |||||
| Total votes | 120,727,826 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 120,750,816 | 99.98 | |||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||||
Soviet of Nationalities
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| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
| BKB | Communist Party of the Soviet Union | 120,539,860 | 99.84 | 485 | –34 | ||
| Independents | 154 | +35 | |||||
| Against | 187,357 | 0.16 | – | – | |||
| Total | 120,727,217 | 100.00 | 639 | +1 | |||
| Valid votes | 120,727,217 | 100.00 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 609 | 0.00 | |||||
| Total votes | 120,727,826 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 120,750,816 | 99.98 | |||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ a b c d Nohlen & Stöver, p1630
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1654
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1631