1942 UASR Election, Part 1

The 1942 United Republics general election was held from 1 to 3 May 1942 to elect the V. All-Union Congress of Soviets. The collapse of the True Democrats as a viable political faction in the Congress following their proscription by the Directorate of State Security, along with weakening anti-war sentiment among independents due to the ongoing conflict with the Germans and Japanese had lead to both the Workers’ Communist Party and the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party increasing their share of seats in the Congress.

The Antifascist Popular Front - or the Revolutionary Unity Government, was re-elected and reappointed with minimal fuss or delay, ushering in a second term for Premier John Reed.

The Congress’ size increased from 2,046 delegates in the 1940 Congress to 2,095 in the 1942 Congress.

Party	Leader	Abbreviation	Last Election	Seats Before	Seats After
Workers’ Communist Party	John Reed	WCP	1209	1255	1301
Democratic Farmer-Labor	Harry Truman	DFLP	688	649	653
Democratic-Republican	Thomas Dewey	DRP	146	140	139
Anti-War Independents	Jeanette Rankin	IND	3	2	2
*[WPA]: Works Progress Administration
*[NBI]: National Bureau of Investigation