28:
93:
721:
255:
189:
181:
871:
285:
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. Turnout was required to be over 50% for the election to be valid.
282:(CPSU) or by a public organisation. However, all public organisations were controlled by the party and were subservient to a 1931 law that required them to accept party rule. The CPSU itself remained the only legal party in the country.
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1004:
1009:
709:
739:
850:
845:
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835:
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820:
815:
805:
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795:
790:
785:
780:
775:
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755:
52:
42:
645:
1029:
926:
896:
891:
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881:
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866:
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132:
1019:
492:
335:
279:
241:
226:
117:
1024:
263:
66:
1039:
957:
1034:
702:
765:
921:
916:
911:
906:
901:
725:
1014:
983:
967:
962:
952:
947:
942:
695:
294:
CPSU candidates accounted for around three quarters of the nominees, whilst many of the others were members of
122:
92:
641:
105:
237:
222:
998:
633:
720:
267:
254:
295:
253:
691:
218:
Chairman of the
Council of Ministers before election
976:
935:
859:
748:
732:
63:
213:
726:Elections and referendums in the Soviet Union
703:
8:
233:Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers
19:
710:
696:
688:
467:
310:
18:
1005:Legislative elections in the Soviet Union
16:Legislative election in the Soviet Union
626:
612:
599:
586:
573:
560:
556:
539:
455:
442:
429:
416:
403:
399:
382:
278:Candidates had to be nominated by the
20:1954 Soviet Union legislative election
600:
587:
574:
561:
472:
443:
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417:
404:
315:
7:
638:Elections in Europe: A data handbook
659:
657:
655:
653:
493:Communist Party of the Soviet Union
336:Communist Party of the Soviet Union
280:Communist Party of the Soviet Union
75:
1010:1954 elections in the Soviet Union
14:
719:
258:Stamp marking the 1954 elections
188:
187:
180:
179:
91:
26:
1:
1030:March 1954 events in Europe
636:& Philip Stöver (2010)
614:Source: Nohlen & Stöver
457:Source: Nohlen & Stöver
1056:
1020:Single-candidate elections
681:Nohlen & Stöver, p1631
672:Nohlen & Stöver, p1654
663:Nohlen & Stöver, p1630
1025:March 1954 events in Asia
613:
609:
601:Registered voters/turnout
596:
583:
570:
557:
540:
523:
499:
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484:
481:
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475:
456:
452:
444:Registered voters/turnout
439:
426:
413:
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383:
366:
342:
339:
327:
324:
321:
318:
211:
72:
36:
24:
1040:1954 elections in Europe
464:Soviet of Nationalities
65:All 1,347 seats in the
1035:1954 elections in Asia
733:Presidential elections
259:
749:Legislative elections
257:
1015:One-party elections
575:Invalid/blank votes
469:
418:Invalid/blank votes
312:
307:Soviet of the Union
154:Last election
21:
860:Regional elections
468:
311:
270:on 14 March 1954.
260:
144:Leader since
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991:
646:978-3-8329-5609-7
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617:
461:
460:
266:were held in the
262:Elections to the
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207:
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176:Seat change
106:Nikita Khrushchev
59:
58:
1047:
724:
723:
712:
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274:Electoral system
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30:
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1054:
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1049:
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1044:
995:
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972:
936:Local elections
931:
855:
744:
728:
718:
716:
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685:
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676:
671:
667:
662:
651:
632:
628:
623:
466:
309:
304:
292:
276:
240:
238:Georgy Malenkov
235:
225:
223:Georgy Malenkov
220:
212:
165:Seats won
64:
32:
27:
25:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1053:
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1043:
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249:
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67:Supreme Soviet
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60:
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56:
50:
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34:
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13:
10:
9:
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3:
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634:Dieter Nohlen
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62:
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48:14 March 1954
46:
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41:←
40:
39:
35:
23:
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513:Independents
356:Independents
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268:Soviet Union
261:
236:
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221:
217:
80:First party
47:
977:Referendums
604:120,750,816
591:120,727,826
588:Total votes
565:120,727,217
562:Valid votes
544:120,727,217
497:120,539,860
447:120,750,816
434:120,727,826
431:Total votes
408:120,727,146
405:Valid votes
387:120,727,146
340:120,479,249
197:Percentage
123:Independent
999:Categories
621:References
290:Candidates
129:Alliance
640:, p1642
296:Komsomol
527:187,357
524:Against
370:247,897
367:Against
302:Results
102:Leader
88:
77:
644:
594:100.00
568:100.00
547:100.00
437:100.00
411:100.00
390:100.00
203:22.0%
200:78.0%
114:Party
607:99.98
541:Total
500:99.84
482:Seats
476:Votes
473:Party
450:99.98
384:Total
343:99.79
325:Seats
319:Votes
316:Party
168:1050
157:1099
984:1991
968:1927
963:1926
958:1925
953:1924
948:1923
943:1922
927:1990
922:1985
917:1980
912:1975
907:1971
902:1967
897:1963
892:1959
887:1955
882:1951
877:1947
872:1939
867:1938
851:1989
846:1984
841:1979
836:1974
831:1970
826:1966
821:1962
816:1958
811:1954
806:1950
801:1946
796:1937
791:1936
786:1935
781:1931
776:1929
771:1927
766:1925
761:1924
756:1922
740:1990
642:ISBN
581:0.00
530:0.16
424:0.00
373:0.21
242:CPSU
227:CPSU
171:297
160:217
118:CPSU
53:1958
43:1950
578:609
550:639
519:+35
516:154
506:–34
503:485
485:+/–
421:680
396:+30
393:708
362:+45
359:143
349:–15
346:565
328:+/–
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184:49
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