Only Two Out Of 1143 Seats Contested In Soviet Election
(Received 11.30 a.m.) MOSCOW, December 12. Crowds waited for the polling stations to open at 6 a.m. for Russia’s first general election. The votes are expected to total 100,000,000. electing 569 members of the Council of Unions and 574 members of the Council of Nationalities. These two chambers together will form the highest governing body under the new Constitution adopted on December 5 last year. There are 68 women candidates. Though voting is secret, signing of ballot papers is permitted. However, as only two seats will be contested out of a total of 1143, the voter need only seal his paper in an envelope provided, and drop it into the box. The president of the Central Executive Committee, M. Kalanin, explaining the reason for the absence of contests, said; “Among us, if some candidates withdraw in favour of one, it is due to social kinship and community of political ideas. Hundreds of thousands of electors, after discussion, decided to nominate one person only.
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Northern Advocate, 13 December 1937, Page 5
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