1959 Soviet Union regional elections

1959 Soviet Union regional elections
March 1959
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Imam Mustafayev Kirill Mazurov Johannes Käbin
Party AzKP(b) KPB(b) EKP
Leader since February 17, 1954 July 28, 1956 March 26, 1950
Seats won
325 / 325
403 / 403
125 / 125
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Vasil Mzhavanadze Nikolay Belyaev Jānis Kalnbērziņš
Party CNG(b) KPKaz(b) LK(b)P
Leader since September 20, 1953 December 26, 1957 August 25, 1940
Seats won
368 / 368
445 / 445
200 / 200
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader Antanas Sniečkus Nikita Khrushchev Dzhuma Durdy Karayev
Party CPL CPSU CPT
Leader since August 15, 1940 September 7, 1953 December 14, 1958
Seats won
277 / 277
835 / 835
282 / 282

On 1 March 1959, elections were held for the Supreme Soviets of the Soviet Union's constituent republics.

According to Soviet law, 2,793,000 out of an eligible adult voting population of 136,416,000 were disenfranchised for various reasons.

1959 Soviet Union regional elections
Union Republic Election date Election name Results
AzSSR 		1959 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet election
325 / 325
ArSSR 		1959 Armenian Supreme Soviet election Composition unknown
BSSR 		1959 Byelorussian Supreme Soviet election
403 / 403
BSSR 		March 15, 1959 1959 Estonian Supreme Soviet election
125 / 125
GSSR 		1959 Georgian Supreme Soviet election
368 / 368
Kazakh SSR 		March 6, 1959 1959 Kazakh Supreme Soviet election
445 / 445
borderless
borderless
Kirghiz SSR 		March 16, 1959 1959 Kirghiz Supreme Soviet election Composition unknown
borderless
borderless
Latvian SSR 		1959 Latvian Supreme Soviet election
200 / 200
borderless
borderless
Lithuanian SSR 		March 1, 1959 1959 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election
277 / 277
borderless
borderless
Moldovan SSR 		1959 Moldavian Supreme Soviet election Composition unknown
RSFSR 		March 1, 1959 1959 Russian Supreme Soviet election
835 / 835
Tajik SSR 		1959 Tajik Supreme Soviet election Composition unknown
Turkmen SSR 		1959 Turkmen Supreme Soviet election
282 / 282
Uzbek SSR 		1959 Uzbek Supreme Soviet election Composition unknown
UkSSR 		1959 Ukrainian Supreme Soviet election Composition unknown

References

  • The Distinctiveness of Soviet Law. Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, ed. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: Dordrecht (1987): 110.


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