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1958 Soviet Union legislative election

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Soviet Union legislative election, 1958

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All seats to the Soviet Supreme Soviet
  First party
 
Leader Nikita Khrushchev
Party CPSU
Leader since 13 March 1953
Seats won 563 (Soviet of the Union)
485 (Soviet of Nationalities)
Percentage 99.6%

Elected General Secretary

Nikita Khrushchev
CPSU

Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 16 March 1958.[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

Party Soviet of the Union Soviet of Nationalities
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
Communist Party of the Soviet Union 133,214,652 99.6 563 133,431,524 99.7 485
Independents 175 155
Against 580,641 0.4 363,736 0.3
Invalid/blank votes 798 831
Total 133,796,091 100 738 133,796,091 100 640
Registered voters/turnout 133,836,325 100 133,836,325 100
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (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