January 1907 Russian legislative election

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January 1907 Russian legislative election
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  1906 January 1907 October 1907  

All 518 seats in the State Duma
260 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
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Leader Alexey Aladyin Pavel Milyukov Julius Martov
Party Trudoviks Kadets RSDLP
Seats won1049865

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
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Leader Viktor Chernov Alexander Guchkov Alexey Peshekhonov
Party SRs Octobrist Popular Socialists
Seats won373216

Chairman before election

Sergey Muromtsev
Kadets

Chairman-designate

Fyodor Golovin
Kadets

Legislative 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

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PartySeats
Trudoviks 104
Constitutional Democratic Party 98
Autonomists76
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party 65
Socialist Revolutionary Party 37
Moderates and Octobrists 32
Right-wing22
Cossack Group17
Popular Socialists 16
Party of Democratic Reform 1
Independents50
Total518
Source: Great Russian Encyclopaedia

References

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