1958 Soviet Union legislative election

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	First party	Second party

Leader	Nikita Khrushchev
Party	CPSU	Independent
Leader since	13 March 1953
Last election	1050	297
Seats won	1048	330
Seat change	2	33
Percentage	76.1%	23.9%

Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election

Nikolai Bulganin
CPSU

Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers

Nikita Khrushchev
CPSU

Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 16 March 1958.^[1]

Electoral system

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 one 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]

Candidates

CPSU candidates accounted for around three quarters of the nominees, whilst many of the others were members of Komsomol.^[4]

Results

Soviet of the Union


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	133,214,652	99.57	563	–2
	Independents	133,214,652	99.57	175	+32
Against		580,641	0.43	–	–
Total		133,795,293	100.00	738	+30

Valid votes		133,795,293	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		798	0.00
Total votes		133,796,091	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		133,836,325	99.97
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Soviet of Nationalities


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Communist Party of the Soviet Union	133,431,524	99.73	485	0
	Independents	133,431,524	99.73	155	+1
Against		363,736	0.27	–	–
Total		133,795,260	100.00	640	+1

Valid votes		133,795,260	100.00
Invalid/blank votes		831	0.00
Total votes		133,796,091	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		133,836,325	99.97
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1642 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nohlen & Stöver, p1630
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1654
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1631

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Referendums	1991

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