Soviet Union legislative election, 1958

Soviet Union legislative election, 1958

1954 ←
March 16, 1958
→ 1962

All 750 seats to the Soviet Supreme Soviet
  First party
 
Leader Nikita Khrushchev
Party CPSU
Leader since March 13, 1953
Seats won All
Percentage 100%

Elected General Secretary

Nikita Khrushchev
CPSU

On 16 March 1958, elections were held to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

The Supreme Soviet was made up of two chambers, each of 750 deputies: the Soviet of the Union (one deputy per 300,000 citizens) and the Soviet of Nationalities (32 deputies from each union republic, 11 from each autonomous republic, 5 from each autonomous oblast, and 1 from each autonomous okrug).

According to Soviet law, 2,852,000 out of an eligible adult population of 133,386,000 were disenfranchised for various reasons.

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