1958 Soviet Union legislative election
16 March 1958
All 1,378 seats in the Supreme Soviet
  First party Second party
 
Leader Nikita Khrushchev
Party CPSU Independent
Leader since 13 March 1953
Last election 1050 297
Seats won 1048 330
Seat change Decrease2 Increase33
Percentage 76.1% 23.9%
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election

Nikolai Bulganin
CPSU

 Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers

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

Soviet of the Union

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Communist Party of the Soviet Union133,214,65299.57563–2
Independents175+32
Against580,6410.43––
Total133,795,293100.00738+30
Valid votes133,795,293100.00
Invalid/blank votes7980.00
Total votes133,796,091100.00
Registered voters/turnout133,836,32599.97
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Soviet of Nationalities

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Communist Party of the Soviet Union133,431,52499.734850
Independents155+1
Against363,7360.27––
Total133,795,260100.00640+1
Valid votes133,795,260100.00
Invalid/blank votes8310.00
Total votes133,796,091100.00
Registered voters/turnout133,836,32599.97
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 3 4 Nohlen & Stöver, p1630
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1654
  4. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1631
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