The Soviet bid for additional United Nations votes

Did the Soviet Union try to push its constituent states into the United Nations to gain more votes?

Yes. The wider bid was blocked, while independent Soviet-aligned states could hold memberships of their own.

The Soviet leadership had an incentive to multiply its votes by seeking separate representation for constituent republics. The wider effort was blocked. Republics within the USSR are contrasted with the independent states later grouped in the Warsaw Pact, which could participate as states in their own right. The discussion does not identify the proposals, negotiations, or exceptions involved.