An election to the city duma (municipal assembly) of Ekaterinburg was held on November 5, 1917. [1] The election was part of the series of municipal elections across Russia following the February Revolution. [2] A Ekaterinburg city duma election had been held on July 30, 1917, but in November a second election was held. [3]
The Bolsheviks emerged as the largest party in the new city duma, with 40 out of 85 seats. [1] The share of Bolshevik votes had increased from 21% in the July election to 46%. [3] Pyotr Voykov, Pavel Bikov and Ivan Malishev and were among the newly elected Bolshevik deputies. [4] [5] On November 14, the new city duma elected veteran Bolshevik leader Sergei Chutskaev as the new mayor. [3] [1] Voikov was elected city duma chairman. [3] Chutskaev and others among the newly elected Bolsheviks requested the assistance of the outgoing administration to help with the transition. [1]
The Socialist-Revolutionaries formed the second largest contingent in the new city duma, with 20 deputies. [1] As part of their election campaign, the SRs held a concert at the Verkh-Iset Theater in early November. [6] The election result illustrated the declining influence of the SRs in the city. [6] The Kadets, who were led by Lev Krol , emerged as the third largest faction in the new city duma. [2] [1]
The result was humiliating for the Mensheviks, after the election the membership of the Menshevik party decreased rapidly in the city. [6]
Below an account from Kononenko (2003), with a total of 81 seats. [6] [7] However, other references outline that the city duma had 85 seats - among them 40 held by Bolsheviks, 20 SRs and 15 Kadets. [1] [8] [4]
List | Votes | % | Seats |
---|---|---|---|
Bolsheviks | 9,194 | 39 | |
Socialist-Revolutionaries | 4,479 | 19 | |
People's Freedom Party (Kadets) | 3,438 | 15 | |
Home-Owners' List | 589 | 3 | |
Mensheviks | 349 | 2 | |
Muslim List | 321 | 1 | |
Trudoviks | 243 | 1 | |
General Jewish Labour Bund | 263 | 1 | |
Total | 19,850 |
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