Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR (1970)

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Parliamentary elections in the USSR
Elections to the Supreme Council of the USSR
June 14, 1970
Voter turnout	100%

Elections to the Supreme Council were held in the Soviet Union on June 14, 1970 ^[1] ^[2] ^[3] .

Content

Election System

Candidates were to be nominated by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) or a public organization ^[4] . Nevertheless, all public organizations were under the control of the party and were subordinated in 1931 to a law that required them to adopt party rules. The CPSU itself remained the only legal force in the country ^[5] .

Voters could vote against the candidate of the CPSU , but this was possible only with the help of the voting booth, while the candidate from the CPSU party was required to provide an empty bill. Voter turnout should have been at least 50%, otherwise the election would have been considered invalid.

Candidates

CPSU candidates accounted for about three-quarters of the candidates, while many others were members of the Komsomol .

Results

The consignment	Union Council			Council of Nationalities
The consignment	Votes	%	Places	Votes	%	Places
Communist Party	152,771,739	99.7	562	152,843,228	99.8	534
Non-partisan	152,771,739	99.7	205	152,843,228	99.8	216
Against all	400,054	0.3	-	328,544	0.2	-
Invalid / Corrupted Forms	420	-	-	441	-	-
Total	153,172,215	100	767	153,172,215	100	750
Voter registered / turnout	153,237,213	100	-	153,237,213	100	-

Notes

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Ronald J. Hill. Continuity and Change in USSR Supreme Soviet Elections (English) // British Journal of Political Science. - 1972. - January ( vol. 2 , iss. 1 ). - P. 47–67 . - ISSN 1469-2112 . - DOI : 10.1017 / s0007123400008425 .
↑ UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, Date of Elections: June 14, 1970 // Report / Inter-Parliamentary Union, UN.
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1630
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1654