1937 Soviet legislative election

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The 1937 Soviet legislative election was the first nationwide vote to choose deputies to the newly created Supreme Soviet under the 1936 Stalin Constitution, held amid the Great Purge and tightly controlled by the Communist Party.

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Generate an image of the 1937 Soviet legislative election (The 1937 Soviet legislative election was the first nationwide vote to choose deputies to the newly created Supreme Soviet under the 1936 Stalin Constitution, held amid the Great Purge and tightly controlled by the Communist Party.)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf election in the Soviet Union ⓘ
legislative election ⓘ
allowedParties All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Union
basedOn 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ
candidateNomination controlled by Communist Party and affiliated organizations ⓘ
chamber Soviet of Nationalities ⓘ
Soviet of the Union ⓘ
chamberElected Soviet of Nationalities ⓘ
Soviet of the Union ⓘ
context Stalinist political repression ⓘ
controlledBy All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
deJureHeadOfStateDuringElection Mikhail Kalinin ⓘ
dominantParty All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
electoralCompetition nominally multi-candidate in some districts but effectively single-party ⓘ
electoralSystem single-member constituencies ⓘ
elects deputies of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
followedBy 1946 Soviet legislative election ⓘ
follows All-Union Congress of Soviets ⓘ
governmentFormAfterElection Soviet socialist republic federation ⓘ
hasPart 1937 election to the Soviet of Nationalities ⓘ
1937 election to the Soviet of the Union ⓘ
headOfStateDuringElection Joseph Stalin ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked transition from Congress of Soviets to Supreme Soviet system ⓘ
ideologicalJustification building socialism under Stalin ⓘ
languageOfBallots Russian ⓘ
legalFramework 1936 Stalin Constitution ⓘ
legislativeBody Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod Great Purge ⓘ
mainIdeologue Joseph Stalin ⓘ
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
occursDuring Stalin era ⓘ
partOf history of elections in the Soviet Union ⓘ
political history of the Soviet Union ⓘ
pointInTime 1937 ⓘ
politicalIdeology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
politicalSystem one-party state ⓘ
precededBy elections to the All-Union Congress of Soviets ⓘ
result near-unanimous support for Communist Party candidates ⓘ
rulingPartyAfterElection All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
rulingPartyBeforeElection All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
securityInvolvement NKVD oversight of political climate ⓘ
significantEvent first election to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ⓘ
supervisedBy Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
typeOfElectorate indirectly influenced by state security organs ⓘ
votingMethod secret ballot ⓘ
votingRight universal suffrage for adults with political rights ⓘ

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Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union → firstElection → 1937 Soviet legislative election ⓘ