1922 Soviet Legislative Election
30 December 1922 · The Congress of Soviets · 2214 seats
The Congress of Soviets was convened following the end of the main hostilities of the Russian Civil War, when the overwhelming number of White Army forces were defeated.
Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in Russian Civil War (1917–1922); Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922). Conflicts →
An indirect, single-party vote of the early Soviet state, on a class-weighted franchise that disenfranchised whole categories of citizens. Recorded here as history, not as an election.
Premier before
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Premier (continued)
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Largest force
RKP(b)
2082 of 2214 seats
Turnout
22.3%
The result
RKP(b)
Vladimir Lenin
2082
seats
Independents
127
seats
Poale Zion
Ya'akov Zerubavel
2
seats
SSPSP
Georgiy Laskhishvili
2
seats
Anarchists
Vera Figner
1
seats