Legislative election in the Soviet Union
1970 Soviet Union legislative election First party Second party Leader Leonid Brezhnev Party CPSU Independent Leader since 14 October 1964 Seats before 1141 376 Seats won 1,096 421 Seat change 45 45 Percentage 72.2% 27.8%
Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 14 June 1970.[ 1]
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]
CPSU candidates accounted for around three quarters of the nominees, whilst many of the others were members of Komsomol .[ 4]
Soviet of the Union [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats +/– Communist Party of the Soviet Union 152,771,739 99.74 562 –11 Independents 205 +11 Against 400,054 0.26 – – Total 153,171,793 100.00 767 0 Valid votes 153,171,793 100.00 Invalid/blank votes 420 0.00 Total votes 153,172,213 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 153,237,112 99.96 Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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 [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats +/– Communist Party of the Soviet Union 152,843,228 99.79 534 –34 Independents 216 +34 Against 328,544 0.21 – – Total 153,171,772 100.00 750 0 Valid votes 153,171,772 100.00 Invalid/blank votes 441 0.00 Total votes 153,172,213 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 153,237,112 99.96 Source: Nohlen & Stöver
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
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