1962 Soviet Union legislative election

1962 Soviet Union legislative election
	Soviet of the Union
	All 791 seats in the Soviet of the Union
	Soviet of the Union
	All 652 seats in the Soviet of Nationalities
Nikita Khrushchev; CPSU	Nikita Khrushchev; CPSU

Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Soviet Union on 18 March 1962.^[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



Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	BKB	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	139,210,431	99.47	604	+41
	BKB	Independents	139,210,431	99.47	187	+12
Against			746,563	0.53	–	–
Total			139,956,994	100.00	791	+53

Valid votes			139,956,994	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			815	0.00
Total votes			139,957,809	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			140,022,359	99.95
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Soviet of Nationalities



Party or alliance			Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	BKB	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	139,391,455	99.60	490	+5
	BKB	Independents	139,391,455	99.60	162	+7
Against			565,648	0.40	–	–
Total			139,957,103	100.00	652	+12

Valid votes			139,957,103	100.00
Invalid/blank votes			706	0.00
Total votes			139,957,809	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			140,022,359	99.95
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nohlen & Stöver, p1630
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1654
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1631

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[NS-1] Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7

[N-2] Nohlen & Stöver, p1630

[3] Nohlen & Stöver, p1654

[4] Nohlen & Stöver, p1631

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