1938 Russian Supreme Soviet election

1938 Russian Supreme Soviet election

26 June 1938 (1938-06-26)
All 727 seats in the Supreme Soviet
First party Second party   Leader Joseph Stalin Party VKP(b) Independents Alliance BKB BKB Seats won 568 159
Prime Minister before election Nikolay Bulganin VKP(b) Elected Prime Minister Nikolay Bulganin VKP(b)

Legislative elections were held in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on 26 June 1938, the first after the establishment of the Soviet Union.

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.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)	59,542,993	99.46	568
	Independents			159
Against		320,496	0.54	–
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