1938 Soviet Union regional elections

In June 1938, elections took place in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) for the Supreme Soviets of its 11 constituent republics.The Distinctiveness of Soviet Law. Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, ed. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: Dordrecht (1987): 110. These elections were held following the adoption of the 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union, which established a division of government branches into the Executive Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union and Legislative Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Consequently, the constitutions of the union republics were amended in 1937 to reflect this separation of powers, leading to the institutionalization of parliamentary structures. The elections were conducted for each of the Supreme Soviets of the USSR's constituent republics. According to Soviet law, approximately 5,100,000 individuals out of a total eligible adult voting population of 93,411,000 were disenfranchised due to various reasons. This marked the first instance of direct elections to these parliamentary bodies, signifying a significant shift in the political landscape of the USSR.

Certain individuals ran and were elected simultaneously in several union republics among which were Joseph Stalin, Kliment Voroshilov and others.

+1938 Soviet Union regional electionsUnion RepublicElection dateElection nameResultsAzSSR 24 June 19381938 Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet electionArSSR1938 Armenian Supreme Soviet electionBSSR1938 Byelorussian Supreme Soviet electionGSSR 12 June 19381938 Georgian Supreme Soviet electionKazakh SSR 24 June 19381938 Kazakh Supreme Soviet electionKirghiz SSR 24 June 19381938 Kirghiz Supreme Soviet electionRSFSR 26 June 19381938 Russian Supreme Soviet electionTajik SSR1938 Tajik Supreme Soviet electionComposition unknownTurkmen SSR1938 Turkmen Supreme Soviet electionComposition unknownUzbek SSR1938 Uzbek Supreme Soviet electionComposition unknownUkSSR 26 June 19381938 Ukrainian Supreme Soviet election

See also 1938 Russian Supreme Soviet election 1938 Ukrainian Supreme Soviet election References