1970 Soviet Union legislative election

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1970 Soviet Union legislative election
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All 1,517 seats in the Supreme Soviet
  First party Second party
  Brezhnev-color.jpg
Leader Leonid Brezhnev
Party CPSU Independent
Leader since 14 October 1964
Seats before 1141 376
Seats won 1,096 421
Seat change Decrease45 Increase45
Percentage 72.2% 27.8%
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election

Alexei Kosygin
CPSU

Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Alexei Kosygin
CPSU

Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 14 June 1970.[1]

Electoral system[]

Candidates 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 one 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[]

CPSU candidates accounted for around three quarters of the nominees, whilst many of the others were members of Komsomol.[4]

Results[]

Summary[]

Party Soviet of the Union Soviet of Nationalities
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Communist Party of the Soviet Union 152,771,739 99.7 562 152,843,228 99.8 534
Independents 205 216
Against 400,054 0.3 – 328,544 0.2 –
Invalid/blank votes 420 – – 441 – –
Total 153,172,213 100 767 153,172,213 100 750
Registered voters/turnout 153,237,112 100 – 153,237,112 100 –
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Soviet of the Union[]

Soviet Republic Votes Seats
For % Against % Invalid
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[]

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[]

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