All Russia elections

1937 Soviet Legislative Election

The first single-candidate ritual

12 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

Premier (continued)

Largest force

All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

461 of 569 seats

Turnout

The result

Share of the Supreme Soviet
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)461
Independents108