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January 1907 Russian legislative election

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January 1907 Russian legislative election

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All 518 seats to the
State Duma of the Russian Empire
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Alexey Aladyin Pavel Milyukov Julius Martov
Party Trudoviks Cadet Social Democratic Labour
Seats won 104 98 65
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 63 Increase 47

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Viktor Chernov Alexander Guchkov Alexey Peshekhonov
Party Socialist Revolutionary Union of October 17 Popular Socialists
Seats won 37 32 16
Seat change New New New

Chairman before election

Sergey Muromtsev
Constitutional Democratic Party

Chairman-designate

Fyodor Golovin
Constitutional Democratic Party

Parliamentary elections were held in the Russian Empire between January and March 1907. The Trudoviks emerged as the largest bloc in the second State Duma, winning 104 of the 518 seats.[1] Only 26 MPs elected the previous year retained their seats.[2] In Congress Poland, the National-Democratic Party won 34 of the 38 seats.[3]

The new Duma was opened on 6 March, with Fyodor Alexandrovich Golovin elected as its president.[2]

Results

Party Seats +/–
Trudoviks 104 +7
Constitutional Democratic Party 98 –63
Autonomists 76
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party 65 +47
Socialist-Revolutionary Party 37 New
Moderates and Octobrists 32 New
Right-wing 22 New
Cossack Group 17 New
Popular Socialists 16 New
Party of Democratic Reform 1 –13
Independents 50 –53
Total 518 +19
Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia

References

  1. ^ "State Duma" Отечественная история с древнейших времён до 1917 года Great Russian Encyclopedia, 1994, pp611–613
  2. ^ a b "The New Duma", The Times, 6 March 1907, p5, Issue 38273
  3. ^ "Russia", The Times, 2 March 1907, p7, Issue 38270