1959 Soviet Union regional elections

On 1 March 1959, elections were held for the Supreme Soviets of the Soviet Union's constituent republics.

1959 Soviet Union regional elections
March 1959
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Imam Mustafayev Kirill Mazurov Johannes Käbin
Party AzKP(b) KPB(b) EKP
Leader since February 17, 1954 July 28, 1956 March 26, 1950
Seats won
325 / 325
403 / 403
125 / 125
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Vasil Mzhavanadze Nikolay Belyaev Jānis Kalnbērziņš
Party CNG(b) KPKaz(b) LK(b)P
Leader since September 20, 1953 December 26, 1957 August 25, 1940
Seats won
368 / 368
445 / 445
200 / 200
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Antanas Sniečkus Nikita Khrushchev Dzhuma Durdy Karayev
Party CPL CPSU CPT
Leader since August 15, 1940 September 7, 1953 December 14, 1958
Seats won
277 / 277
835 / 835
282 / 282

According to Soviet law, 2,793,000 out of an eligible adult voting population of 136,416,000 were disenfranchised for various reasons.

1959 Soviet Union regional elections
Union Republic Election date Election name Results
AzSSR Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR (1959)
325 / 325
ArSSR Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR (1959) Composition unknown
BSSR Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR (1959)
403 / 403
BSSR March 15, 1959 Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (1959)
125 / 125
GSSR Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR (1959)
368 / 368
Kazakh SSR March 6, 1959 Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR (1959)
445 / 445
Kirghiz SSR March 16, 1959 Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Kirghiz SSR (1959) Composition unknown
Latvian SSR Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR (1959)
200 / 200
Lithuanian SSR March 1, 1959 Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR (1959)
277 / 277
Moldovan SSR Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Moldovan SSR (1959) Composition unknown
RSFSR March 1, 1959 1959 Russian Supreme Soviet election
835 / 835
Tajik SSR Elections to the Supreme Council of the Tajik SSR (1959) Composition unknown
Turkmen SSR Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR (1959)
282 / 282
Uzbek SSR Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR (1959) Composition unknown
UkSSR 1959 Ukrainian Supreme Soviet election Composition unknown

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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.