1946 Soviet Union legislative election

none Soviet Union 1936 Flag of the USSR (1936-1955).svg Parliamentary 1937 Soviet Union legislative election 1937 10 February 1946 1950 Soviet Union legislative election 1950 yes Soviet of the Union All 682 seats in the Soviet of the Union yes yes All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 461 576 Independents 108 106 yes Soviet of Nationalities All 657 seats in the Soviet of Nationalities yes yes All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 409 509 Independents 165 148 Chairman of the Council of Ministers Joseph Stalin VKP(b) Joseph Stalin VKP(b) Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Soviet Union on 10 February 1946.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 978-3-8329-5609-7 Originally scheduled for December 1941, the elections were delayed due to the outbreak of war with Germany in June of that year. According to Soviet law, 325,000 out of an eligible adult population of 101,718,000 were disenfranchised for various reasons.December 2024 statisticsDecember 2024 how is eligibility defined and what are the reasons, e.g., if the people ineligible according to the law are connected criminals or such, in what sense are they eligible or is this noteworthy 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 Soviet of the Union File:Soviet_Union_Soviet_of_the_Union_1946.svg Bloc of Communistsand Non-Partisans 2 All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 100621225 2 576 +115 Independents 106 –2 Against 819699 +113 10012 101717686 Nohlen & Stöver By republic Soviet RepublicVotesSeatsFor%Against%InvalidRussian SFSR56,331,95499.22Armenian SSR641,25499.71Azerbaijan SSR1,415,49399.72Byelorussian SSR4,011,16199.37Estonian SSR719,80394.59Georgian SSR1,937,78099.90Karelo-Finnish SSR208,65499.43Kazakh SSR3,284,29699.56Kirghiz SSR773,89199.54Latvian SSR1,223,31098.93Lithuanian SSR1,207,20095.38Moldavian SSR1,286,65299.62Tajik SSR723,88999.80Turkmen SSR620,20799.74Ukrainian SSR20,392,73799.08Uzbek SSR3,096,93299.79Soviet Union100,621,22599.18819,6990.8110,012682Source: Cīņa, Nr. 38 (14,02.1946) Soviet of Nationalities File:Soviet_Union_Soviet_of_Nationalities_1946.svg Bloc of Communistsand Non-Partisans 2 All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 100603567 2 509 +100 Independents 148 –17 Against 818955 +83 28414 101717686 Nohlen & Stöver References The Distinctiveness of Soviet Law. Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, ed. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: Dordrecht (1987): 110–112. Category:Legislative elections in the Soviet Union Legislative Category:One-party elections Category:Single-candidate elections in the Soviet Union Soviet Soviet Union Soviet Union