Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Soviet Union on 18 March 1962.
18 March 1962 | |||||||||||||
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All 791 seats in the Soviet of the Union | |||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||
All 652 seats in the Soviet of Nationalities | |||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||
Electoral system
Candidates had to be nominated by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) or by a public organisation. 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, 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.
Results
Soviet of the Union
| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BKB | Communist Party of the Soviet Union | 139,210,431 | 99.47 | 604 | +41 | ||
| Independents | 187 | +12 | |||||
| Against | 746,563 | 0.53 | – | – | |||
| Total | 139,956,994 | 100.00 | 791 | +53 | |||
| Valid votes | 139,956,994 | 100.00 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 815 | 0.00 | |||||
| Total votes | 139,957,809 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 140,022,359 | 99.95 | |||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||||
Soviet of Nationalities
| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BKB | Communist Party of the Soviet Union | 139,391,455 | 99.60 | 490 | +5 | ||
| Independents | 162 | +7 | |||||
| Against | 565,648 | 0.40 | – | – | |||
| Total | 139,957,103 | 100.00 | 652 | +12 | |||
| Valid votes | 139,957,103 | 100.00 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 706 | 0.00 | |||||
| Total votes | 139,957,809 | 100.00 | |||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 140,022,359 | 99.95 | |||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||||
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