1947 Estonian Supreme Soviet election

1947 elections in Estonia Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR were held on 16 February 1947.Olev Liivik "Formation of the Supreme Soviet of the ESSR: Elections and the principles of assembling https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213640/http://www.mnemosyne.ee/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Olev_Liivik_-_Supreme_Soviet.pdf 2013-10-04 " Estonian Institute of Historical Memory, p3 They were the first elections since the Estonian SSR was declared on 21 July 1940 and the first after World War II. The elections took place on the same day as the elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR. The Bloc of Communists and Non-Party Candidates was the only party able to contest the elections,Liivik, p2 and won all 100 seats. Elected members included Joseph Stalin (Tallinn constituency 9), Vyacheslav Molotov (Tallinn constituency 2) and Andrei Zhdanov (Kohtla-Järve constituency no 84).Pravda No. 43, 19 February 1947 Results Bloc of Communists and Non-Partisans 768162 100 Against 28003 2593 0 804172 Liivik, Pravda No. 43, February 19, 1947 See also List of members of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, 1947–1951 References Estonia Category:Single-candidate elections in the Soviet Union Category:One-party elections Supreme Category:Parliamentary elections in Estonia Category:Elections in the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic