1974 Soviet Union legislative election

none Soviet Union 1970 Soviet Union legislative election 1970 1979 Soviet Union legislative election 1979 16 June 1974 yes Soviet of the Union All 767 seats in the Soviet of the Union yes yes Communist Party 562 562 Independents 205 205 yes Soviet of Nationalities All 750 seats in the Soviet of Nationalities yes yes Communist Party 534 534 Independents 216 216 Chairman of the Council of Ministers Alexei Kosygin Communist Party of the Soviet Union Alexei Kosygin Communist Party of the Soviet Union Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Soviet Union on 16 June 1974.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 978-3-8329-5609-7 Electoral system Candidates had to be nominated by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) or by a public organisation.Nohlen & Stöver, p1630 However, all public organisations were controlled by the party and were subservient to a 1931 law that required them to accept party rule. The CPSU itself remained the only legal one in the country.Nohlen & Stöver, p1654 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. Turnout was required to be over 50% for the election to be valid. The 1974 elections were the last held under the 1936 Soviet constitution, which provided for a Supreme Soviet elected for a four-year term and mandated that the Soviet of the Union had one deputy for every 300,000 people.Верховный Совет СССР, Great Soviet Encyclopedia During the Supreme Soviet's term, a new constitution was passed in 1977, which extended the Supreme Soviet's term to five years and made the number of seats in the Soviet of the Union equal to that of the Soviet of Nationalities, regardless of population size.The 1977 Soviet Constitution: A Historical Comparison Igor I. Kavass Gary I. Christian Vanderbilt Law Review 12 3 533 July 1979 https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2425&context=vjtl scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu 3 September 20241414 3311636 The Theories and Realities of Modern Soviet Constitutional Law: An Analysis of the 1977 USSR Constitution Osakwe Christopher University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1979 127 5 10.2307/3311636 5783531 https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/penn_law_review/vol127/iss5/3 subscription July 2026 InternetArchiveBot Consequently, the term of the Supreme Soviet elected in 1974 was extended by a year, from 1978 to 1979; however, the new composition of the Supreme Soviet, with an equal number of members in each house, was only implemented starting with the 1979 elections. Candidates CPSU candidates accounted for around three quarters of the nominees, whilst many of the others were members of Komsomol.Nohlen & Stöver, p1631 Results Soviet of the Union File:Soviet Union Soviet of the Union 1970.svg Communist Party of the Soviet Union 161355959 2 562 0 Independents 205 0 Against 333569 0 84 161724222 Nohlen & Stöver Soviet of Nationalities File:Soviet Union Soviet of Nationalities 1970.svg Communist Party of the Soviet Union 161443605 2 534 0 Independents 216 0 Against 245918 0 89 161724222 Nohlen & Stöver References Category:Legislative elections in the Soviet Union Supreme Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections in the Soviet Union Soviet Soviet Union Soviet Union