1937 Soviet Legislative Election
The first single-candidate ritual12 December 1937 · The Supreme Soviet rituals · 569 seats
Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Soviet Union on 12 December 1937. It was the first election held under the 1936 Soviet Constitution, which had formed the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union to replace the old legislature, the Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union.
A single-candidate ritual of the Soviet state: one party-approved name per seat, with announced turnout near 100%. Recorded here as history, not as an election.
Premier before
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Premier (continued)
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Largest force
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
461 of 569 seats
Turnout
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The result
| Share of the Supreme Soviet | |||||||
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| All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) | — | 461 | — | — | — | — | |
| Independents | — | 108 | — | — | — | — |