1979 Soviet Union legislative election

1979 Soviet Union legislative election

← 1974 4 March 1979 1984 →
All 1,500 seats in the Supreme Soviet
First party Second party   Leader Leonid Brezhnev Party CPSU Independents Last election 1,096 seats 421 seats Seats won 1,075 425 Seat change 21 4
Chairman of the Council of Ministers before election Alexei Kosygin CPSU Elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers Alexei Kosygin CPSU

Elections to the Supreme Soviet were held in the Soviet Union on 4 March 1979.^[1] They were the first elections held under the 1977 Soviet constitution, which slightly reformed the composition of the Supreme Soviet.