Country: | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Flag Year: | 1936 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous Election: | 1950 Soviet Union legislative election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous Year: | 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next Election: | 1958 Soviet Union legislative election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next Year: | 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Election Date: | 14 March 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Soviet Union on 14 March 1954.[1]
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 party 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]
CPSU candidates accounted for around three quarters of the nominees, whilst many of the others were members of Komsomol.[4]