1970 Soviet Union legislative election
Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 14 June 1970.[1]
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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
Soviet of the Union
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union | 152,771,739 | 99.74 | 562 | –11 | |
Independents | 205 | +11 | |||
Against | 400,054 | 0.26 | – | – | |
Total | 153,171,793 | 100.00 | 767 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 153,171,793 | 100.00 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 420 | 0.00 | |||
Total votes | 153,172,213 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 153,237,112 | 99.96 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
By republic
Soviet Republic | Votes | Seats | ||||
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For | % | Against | % | Invalid | ||
Russian SFSR | 84,511,249 | 99.62 | 318,725 | 0.38 | 222 | 423 |
Armenian SSR | 1,251,812 | 99.91 | 1,140 | 0.09 | 0 | 7 |
Azerbaijan SSR | 2,472,025 | 99.95 | 1,260 | 0.05 | 7 | 15 |
Byelorussian SSR | 5,838,677 | 99.92 | 4,423 | 0.08 | 2 | 28 |
Estonian SSR | 945,879 | 99.67 | 3,019 | 0.33 | 56 | 4 |
Georgian SSR | 2,833,298 | 99.98 | 549 | 0.02 | 6 | 15 |
Kazakh SSR | 7,038,724 | 99.72 | 19,755 | 0.28 | 1 | 39 |
Kirghiz SSR | 1,475,729 | 99.77 | 3,364 | 0.23 | 0 | 9 |
Latvian SSR | 1,701,358 | 99.92 | 1,354 | 0.08 | 10 | 7 |
Lithuanian SSR | 2,055,767 | 99.96 | 873 | 0.04 | 2 | 10 |
Moldavian SSR | 2,163,805 | 99.93 | 1,583 | 0.07 | 0 | 11 |
Tajik SSR | 1,336,401 | 99.86 | 1,939 | 0.14 | 1 | 8 |
Turkmen SSR | 1,033,718 | 99.80 | 2,081 | 0.20 | 0 | 6 |
Ukrainian SSR | 32,496,538 | 99.92 | 27,431 | 0.08 | 0 | 150 |
Uzbek SSR | 5,616,759 | 99.84 | 8,847 | 0.16 | 114 | 35 |
Soviet Union | 152,771,739 | 99.74 | 396,343 | 0.24 | 420 | 767 |
Source: IPU |
Soviet of Nationalities
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Communist Party of the Soviet Union | 152,843,228 | 99.79 | 534 | –34 | |
Independents | 216 | +34 | |||
Against | 328,544 | 0.21 | – | – | |
Total | 153,171,772 | 100.00 | 750 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 153,171,772 | 100.00 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 441 | 0.00 | |||
Total votes | 153,172,213 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 153,237,112 | 99.96 | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
By republic
Votes | Seats | |||||
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For | % | Against | % | Invalid | ||
Union Republics | 152,843,228 | 99.79 | 320,633 | 0.21 | 441 | 480 |
Autonomous Republics | 11,449,897 | 99.59 | 47,169 | 0.41 | 24 | 220 |
Autonomous Regions | 1,115,099 | 99.64 | 3,978 | 0.36 | 1 | 40 |
National Areas | 583,055 | 99.55 | 2,645 | 0.45 | 0 | 10 |
Source: IPU |
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1630
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1654
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1631