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October 1907 Russian legislative election

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October 1907 Russian legislative election

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All 509 seats to the
State Duma of the Russian Empire
255 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Alexander Guchkov Pavel Milyukov Ivan Yefryemov
Party Union of October 17 Cadet PP-PMO
Seats won 154 54 39
Seat change Increase 100 Decrease 44 New

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Julius Martov Alexey Aladyin
Party Russian Social Democratic Labour Party Trudoviks
Seats won 39 13
Seat change Decrease 52 Decrease 91

Chairman before election

Fyodor Golovin
Constitutional Democratic Party

Chairman-designate

Nikolay Khomyakov
Union of October 17

Parliamentary elections were held in the Russian Empire in October 1907. They were the second that year after the dissolution of the Second State Duma. The Union of October 17 emerged as the largest party in the third State Duma, winning 154 of the 509 seats.[1]

Results

Party Seats +/–
Union of October 17 154 +100
Nationalists 97 New
Constitutional Democratic Party 54 –44
Right-wing 50 New
Progressist Party-Party of Peaceful Renovation 39 New
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party 19 –52
Trudoviks 13 –91
Polskie Koło 11 New
Muslim Group 8 New
Polish-Lithuanian-Belarusian Group 26 –50
Independents 0 –50
Total 509 –9
Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia

References

  1. ^ "State Duma" Отечественная история с древнейших времён до 1917 года Great Russian Encyclopedia, 1994, pp611–613