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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1937 Soviet legislative election canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
election in the Soviet Union
ⓘ
legislative election ⓘ |
| allowedParties |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
|
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
|
| basedOn | 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| candidateNomination | controlled by Communist Party and affiliated organizations ⓘ |
| chamber |
Soviet of Nationalities
ⓘ
Soviet of Nationalities ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet of the Union
|
| chamberElected |
Soviet of Nationalities
ⓘ
Soviet of Nationalities ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet of the Union
|
| context | Stalinist political repression ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
|
| country | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| deJureHeadOfStateDuringElection | Mikhail Kalinin ⓘ |
| dominantParty |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
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 Constitution of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
|
| rulingPartyBeforeElection |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
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 Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
surface form:
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.