Elections to the seventh
Supreme Soviet
The Supreme Soviet (russian: Верховный Совет, Verkhovny Sovet, Supreme Council) was the common name for the legislative bodies (parliaments) of the Soviet socialist republics (SSR) in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) ...
were held in the
Soviet Union on 12 June 1966.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1642
Electoral system
Candidates had to be nominated by the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
"Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
, founded =
, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
(CPSU) or by a public organisation.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p1630] 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 one in the country.
Voters could vote against the CPSU candidate if they wished, 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.][
]
Candidates
CPSU candidates accounted for around three quarters of the nominees, whilst many of the others were members of Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
.[Nohlen & Stöver, p1631]
Results
Soviet of the Union
Soviet of Nationalities
References
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