1946 Soviet Union legislative election

Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 10 February 1946.^[1] 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.

1946 Soviet Union legislative election

← 1937 10 February 1946 1950 →
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)

Results

Soviet of the Union

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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 Republic	Votes					Seats
	For	%	Against	%	Invalid
Russian SFSR	56,331,954	99.22
Armenian SSR	641,254	99.71
Azerbaijan SSR	1,415,493	99.72
Byelorussian SSR	4,011,161	99.37
Estonian SSR	719,803	94.59
Georgian SSR	1,937,780	99.90
Karelo-Finnish SSR	208,654	99.43
Kazakh SSR	3,284,296	99.56
Kirghiz SSR	773,891	99.54
Latvian SSR	1,223,310	98.93
Lithuanian SSR	1,207,200	95.38
Moldavian SSR	1,286,652	99.62
Tajik SSR	723,889	99.80
Turkmen SSR	620,207	99.74
Ukrainian SSR	20,392,737	99.08
Uzbek SSR	3,096,932	99.79
Soviet Union	100,621,225	99.18	819,699	0.81	10,012	682
Source: Cīņa, Nr. 38 (14,02.1946)

Soviet of Nationalities

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	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.