1950 Soviet Union legislative election

Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 12 March 1950.[1]

1950 Soviet Union legislative election

12 March 1950
All 1316 seats to the Soviet Supreme Soviet
Leader Joseph Stalin Party CPSU Independent Leader since 21 January 1924 Seats won 1099 217 Percentage 83.5% 16.5%
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election Joseph Stalin CPSU Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers Joseph Stalin CPSU

Electoral system

Candidates had to be nominated by the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) (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 in theory 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

Party	Soviet of the Union			Soviet of Nationalities
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)	110,788,377	99.7	580	110,782,009	99.7	519
Independents			98			119
Against	300,146	0.3	–	306,830	0.3	–
Invalid/blank votes	1,487	–	–	1,619	–	–
Total	111,090,010	100	678	111,090,010	100	638
Registered voters/turnout	111,116,373	100	–	111,116,373	100	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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