1937 Soviet Union legislative election

1937 Soviet Union legislative election
12 December 1937
Soviet of the Union
All 569 seats in the Soviet of the Union
Party Seats
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 461
Independents 108
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Soviet of Nationalities
All 574 seats in the Soviet of Nationalities
Party Seats
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) 409
Independents 165
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before Chairman of the Council of Ministers after
Vyacheslav Molotov
CPSU		 Vyacheslav Molotov
CPSU

Supreme Soviet elections were held in the Soviet Union on 12 December 1937. It was the first election held under the 1936 Soviet Constitution, which had formed the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union to replace the old legislature, the Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union.

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