1959 Soviet Union regional elections

1959 Soviet Union regional elections

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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
Kirghiz SSR	March 16, 1959	1959 Kirghiz Supreme Soviet election	Composition unknown
Latvian SSR		1959 Latvian Supreme Soviet election	200 / 200
Lithuanian SSR	March 1, 1959	1959 Lithuanian Supreme Soviet election	277 / 277
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

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

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