Stalin cast his vote. In first Soviet election. Joseph Stalin, wearing his inevitable uniform, and other Soviet government chiefs went to the poll, with 90,000,000 other Russians in the Soviet union's first parliamentary election. A poll of 97.3 was returned and acclaimed as a great trial. Photo shows, Joseph Stalin, dropping his ballot paper into the urn as he voted in section 58 of the Lenin district in Moscow. Left is V Molotov and on right K Voroshilov, war Commissar and N Yeshov. 17 December 1937