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
Party |
Soviet of the Union |
Soviet of Nationalities |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
100,621,225 |
99.2 |
576 |
100,603,567 |
99.2 |
509 |
Independents |
106 |
148 |
Against |
819,699 |
0.8 |
– |
818,955 |
0.8 |
– |
Invalid/blank votes |
10,012 |
– |
– |
28,414 |
– |
– |
Total |
101,450,936 |
100 |
682 |
101,450,936 |
100 |
657 |
Registered voters/turnout |
101,717,686 |
99.7 |
– |
101,717,686 |
99.7 |
– |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
- The Distinctiveness of Soviet Law. Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, ed. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: Dordrecht (1987): 110-112.
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