1937 Soviet Union legislative election

1937 Soviet Union legislative election

← 1936 12 December 1937 1946 →
All 1,143 seats in the Supreme Soviet
First party Second party   Leader Joseph Stalin Party VKP(b) Independent Alliance BKB BKB Leader since 21 January 1924 Seats won 870 273
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election Vyacheslav Molotov CPSU Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers Vyacheslav Molotov CPSU

Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 12 December 1937.^[1] It was the first election held under the 1936 Soviet Constitution, which had formed the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union to replace the old legislature, the Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union.