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1946 Soviet Union legislative election

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All 1,339 seats in the Supreme Soviet
First party Second party   Leader Joseph Stalin Party VKP(b) Independents Alliance BKB BKB Last election 870 seats 273 seats Seats before 870 273 Seats won 1,085 254 Seat change 215 19
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election Joseph Stalin VKP(b) Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers Joseph Stalin VKP(b)

Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 10 February 1946. According to Soviet law, 325,000 out of an eligible adult population of 101,718,000 were disenfranchised for various reasons. This election was the first in which a 1945 decree allowed members of the Red Army stationed outside the Soviet Union to vote for both chambers of the Supreme Soviet in special 100,000-member districts, a practice which would continue for decades with the Red Army presence in the Eastern bloc.

Results

Soviet of the Union

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Bloc of Communists and Non-Partisans		All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)	100,621,225	99.19	576	+115
			Independents			106	–2
Against				819,699	0.81	–	–
Total				101,440,924	100.00	682	+113
Valid votes				101,440,924	99.99
Invalid/blank votes				10,012	0.01
Total votes				101,450,936	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				101,717,686	99.74
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By republic

Soviet of Nationalities

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Bloc of Communists and Non-Partisans		All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)	100,603,567	99.19	509	+100
			Independents			148	–17
Against				818,955	0.81	–	–
Total				101,422,522	100.00	657	+83
Valid votes				101,422,522	99.97
Invalid/blank votes				28,414	0.03
Total votes				101,450,936	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				101,717,686	99.74
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

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

• The Distinctiveness of Soviet Law. Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, ed. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: Dordrecht (1987): 110–112.

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