1985 Russian Supreme Soviet election

1985 Russian Supreme Soviet election

24 February 1985 (1985-02-24)
All 975 seats in the Supreme Soviet
Turnout	99.97% ( 0.01 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Konstantin Chernenko Party CPSU Independents Alliance BKB BKB Leader since 13 February 1984 Leader's seat Kuybyshevsky 28th (Moscow) Last election 649 seats 325 seats Seats won 649 326 Seat change 1
Chairman of the Supreme Soviet before election Nikolai Gribachev CPSU Elected Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Nikolai Gribachev CPSU

Elections to the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR were held on 24 February 1985, along with elections to Soviets in the rest of the Republics of the USSR.

The official turnout was 99.97%. 975 people were elected, all from the Bloc of Communists and Non-Partisans.

100% of voters in their constituency voted for the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU Konstantin Chernenko. Chernenko died two weeks later.

Results

Party or alliance				Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Bloc of Communists and Non-Partisans		Communist Party of the Soviet Union	100,989,507	99.93	649	0
			Independents			326	+1
Against all candidates				68,689	0.07	–	–
Vacant seats						0	–1
Total				101,058,196	100.00	975	–
Valid votes				101,058,196	100.00
Invalid/blank votes				9	0.00
Total votes				101,058,205	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				101,087,009	99.97
Source: Izvestia