1938 Russian Supreme Soviet election

Legislative elections were held in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on 26 June 1938, the first after the establishment of the Soviet Union.

1938 Russian Supreme Soviet election
26 June 1938 (1938-06-26)
All 727 seats to the
Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR
  First party Second party
 
Leader Joseph Stalin
Party VKP(b) Independent
Leader since 3 April 1922
Seats won 568 159
Prime Minister before election

Nikolay Bulganin
VKP(b)

 Elected Prime Minister

Nikolay Bulganin
VKP(b)

Background

The Constitution of the USSR was adopted on 5 December 1936, in accordance with which elections were held for new bodies at all levels from local councils and ending with the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union.[1]

Results
Party Votes % Seats
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)78568
Independents22159
Total100727
Registered voters/turnout99.3–
Source: Open Text

References
  1. "Постановление ВЦИК от 16.02.1938 "Об утверждении "Положения о выборах в Верховный Совет РСФСР"". Archived from the original on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
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