1959 Soviet Union regional elections

On 1 March 1959, elections were held for the Supreme Soviets of the Soviet Union's constituent republics.

1959 Soviet Union regional elections

March 1959

First party Second party Third party   Leader Imam Mustafayev Kirill Mazurov Johannes Käbin Party AzKP(b) KPB(b) EKP Leader since February 17, 1954 July 28, 1956 March 26, 1950 Seats won 325 / 325 403 / 403 125 / 125   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Vasil Mzhavanadze Nikolay Belyaev Jānis Kalnbērziņš Party CNG(b) KPKaz(b) LK(b)P Leader since September 20, 1953 December 26, 1957 August 25, 1940 Seats won 368 / 368 445 / 445 200 / 200   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Leader Antanas Sniečkus Nikita Khrushchev Dzhuma Durdy Karayev Party CPL CPSU CPT Leader since August 15, 1940 September 7, 1953 December 14, 1958 Seats won 277 / 277 835 / 835 282 / 282

According to Soviet law, 2,793,000 out of an eligible adult voting population of 136,416,000 were disenfranchised for various reasons.

1959 Soviet Union regional elections

Union Republic	Election date	Election name	Results
AzSSR		Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR (1959)	325 / 325
ArSSR		Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR (1959)	Composition unknown
BSSR		Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Byelorussian SSR (1959)	403 / 403
BSSR	March 15, 1959	Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (1959)	125 / 125
GSSR		Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR (1959)	368 / 368
Kazakh SSR	March 6, 1959	Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR (1959)	445 / 445
borderless Kirghiz SSR	March 16, 1959	Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Kirghiz SSR (1959)	Composition unknown
borderless Latvian SSR		Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR (1959)	200 / 200
borderless Lithuanian SSR	March 1, 1959	Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR (1959)	277 / 277
borderless Moldovan SSR		Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Moldovan SSR (1959)	Composition unknown
RSFSR	March 1, 1959	1959 Russian Supreme Soviet election	835 / 835
Tajik SSR		Elections to the Supreme Council of the Tajik SSR (1959)	Composition unknown
Turkmen SSR		Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Turkmen SSR (1959)	282 / 282
Uzbek SSR		Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Uzbek SSR (1959)	Composition unknown
UkSSR		1959 Ukrainian Supreme Soviet election	Composition unknown

References

• The Distinctiveness of Soviet Law. Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, ed. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers: Dordrecht (1987): 110.