1938 Russian Supreme Soviet election
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Legislative elections were held in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on 26 June 1938, the first after the establishment of the Soviet Union.
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26 June 1938
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All 727 seats in the Supreme Soviet | |||||||||||||||||||
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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
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) | 59,542,993 | 99.46 | 568 | |
| Independents | 159 | |||
| Against | 320,496 | 0.54 | â | |
| Total | 59,863,489 | 100.00 | 727 | |
| Valid votes | 59,863,489 | 99.88 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 73,226 | 0.12 | ||
| Total votes | 59,936,715 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 60,368,858 | 99.28 | ||
| Source: Open Text[2] | ||||