1966 Soviet Union legislative election|
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First party
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Second party
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Leader
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Leonid Brezhnev
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Party
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CPSU
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Independents
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Leader since
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14 October 1964
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Seats before
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1094
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349
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Seats won
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1141
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376
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Seat change
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47
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27
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Percentage
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75.2%
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24.8%
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Elections to the seventh Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 12 June 1966.[1]
Electoral system
Candidates had to be nominated by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) or by a public organisation.[2] However, all public organisations were controlled by the party and were subservient to a 1931 law that required them to accept party rule.[2] The CPSU itself remained the only legal one in the country.[3]
Voters could vote against the CPSU candidate if they wished, but could only do so by using polling booths, whereas votes for the party could be cast simply by submitting a blank ballot.[2] Turnout was required to be over 50% for the election to be valid.[2]
Candidates
CPSU candidates accounted for around three quarters of the nominees, whilst many of the others were members of Komsomol.[4]
Results
Soviet of the Union
![Soviet of the Union assembly 1966.svg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Soviet_of_the_Union_assembly_1966.svg/360px-Soviet_of_the_Union_assembly_1966.svg.png) |
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Communist Party of the Soviet Union | 143,570,976 | 99.76 | 573 | –31 |
| Independents | 194 | +7 |
Against | 345,643 | 0.24 | – | – |
Total | 143,916,619 | 100.00 | 767 | –24 |
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Valid votes | 143,916,619 | 100.00 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 412 | 0.00 | |
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Total votes | 143,917,031 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 144,000,973 | 99.94 | |
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Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
Soviet of Nationalities
![Soviet of Nationalities 1966.svg](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Soviet_of_Nationalities_1966.svg/360px-Soviet_of_Nationalities_1966.svg.png) |
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| Communist Party of the Soviet Union | 143,595,678 | 99.78 | 568 | +78 |
| Independents | 182 | +20 |
Against | 320,972 | 0.22 | – | – |
Total | 143,916,650 | 100.00 | 750 | +98 |
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Valid votes | 143,916,650 | 100.00 | |
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Invalid/blank votes | 381 | 0.00 | |
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Total votes | 143,917,031 | 100.00 | |
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Registered voters/turnout | 144,000,973 | 99.94 | |
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Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
References
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