1959 Soviet Union regional elections

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

1959 Soviet Union regional elections

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 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderImam MustafayevKirill MazurovJohannes Käbin
PartyAzKP(b)KPB(b)EKP
Leader sinceFebruary 17, 1954July 28, 1956March 26, 1950
Seats won
325 / 325
403 / 403
125 / 125

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
LeaderVasil MzhavanadzeNikolay BelyaevJānis Kalnbērziņš
PartyCNG(b)KPKaz(b) LK(b)P
Leader sinceSeptember 20, 1953December 26, 1957August 25, 1940
Seats won
368 / 368
445 / 445
200 / 200

 Seventh partyEighth partyNinth party
 
LeaderAntanas SniečkusNikita KhrushchevDzhuma Durdy Karayev
Party CPLCPSUCPT
Leader sinceAugust 15, 1940September 7, 1953December 14, 1958
Seats won
277 / 277
835 / 835
282 / 282

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 RepublicElection dateElection nameResults
AzSSR
Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR (1959)
325 / 325
ArSSR
Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR (1959)Composition unknown
BSSR
Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR (1959)
403 / 403
BSSR
March 15, 1959Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (1959)
125 / 125
GSSR
Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR (1959)
368 / 368
Kazakh SSR
March 6, 1959Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR (1959)
445 / 445
borderless
borderless
Kirghiz SSR
March 16, 1959Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Kirghiz SSR (1959)Composition unknown
borderless
borderless
Latvian SSR
Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR (1959)
200 / 200
borderless
borderless
Lithuanian SSR
March 1, 1959Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR (1959)
277 / 277
borderless
borderless
Moldovan SSR
Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Moldovan SSR (1959)Composition unknown
RSFSR
March 1, 19591959 Russian Supreme Soviet election
835 / 835
Tajik SSR
Elections to the Supreme Council of the Tajik SSR (1959)Composition unknown
Turkmen SSR
Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR (1959)
282 / 282
Uzbek SSR
Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR (1959)Composition unknown
UkSSR
1959 Ukrainian Supreme Soviet electionComposition unknown

References

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