1912 Russian legislative election

1912 Russian legislative election

←  October 1907 September 1912 1917  →
All 442 seats in the State Duma 222 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Alexander Guchkov Pavel Milyukov Ivan Yefryemov Party Octobrist Kadet Progressists Seats won 98 59 48   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Julius Martov Aleksei Aladin Party RSDLP Trudoviks Seats won 14 10
Chairman before election Mikhail Rodzianko Union of October 17 Chairman-designate Mikhail Rodzianko Union of October 17

Legislative elections were held in the Russian Empire in September 1912 to elect the 442 members of the fourth State Duma. ^[1]

Electoral Process

The elections to the fourth State Duma were conducted on Electoral Law 1907, which were the same laws as the third State Duma had been elected under in the October 1907 Russian legislative election. ^[2]

Results

Around 51% of those elected were nobles, the highest during the Tsarist era. ^[1] Both the right- and left-wing increased their representation in the Duma; right-wing candidates won 153 seats and left-wingers 152, whilst the centrists, including the Union of October 17, were reduced to 130 seats. ^[1]

Party		Seats
	Russian Nationalist	120
	Union of October 17	98
	Extreme Rightist	65
	Constitutional Democratic Party	59
	Progressive Party	48
	Minority Autonomists	21
	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party	14
	Trudoviks	10
	Independents	7
Total		442

Aftermath

Following the elections, the Union of October 17 became an opposition party due to its harassment by the government during the election. ^[1]

See also

• History of Russia (1894–1917)
• Russian Revolution of 1905
• Coup of June 1907
• Stolypin reforms
• Vyborg Manifesto
• October Manifesto
• Electoral college
• Zemstvo
• United Nobility
• Electoral Law 1907  [ ru ]

References

1. Theofanis G. Stavrou (1969) Russia Under the Last Tsar U of Minnesota Press, p108
2. Hosking, Geoffrey Alan (1973). The Russian constitutional experiment: government and Duma, 1907-1914. Soviet and East European studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 44. ISBN   0-521-20041-5.