January 1907 Russian legislative election

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]

January 1907 Russian legislative election

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All 518 seats in the State Duma
260 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Alexey Aladyin Pavel Milyukov Julius Martov
Party Trudoviks Cadet RSDLP
Seats won 104 98 65

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Viktor Chernov Alexander Guchkov Alexey Peshekhonov
Party SRs Octobrist Popular Socialists
Seats won 37 32 16

Chairman before election

Sergey Muromtsev
Constitutional Democratic Party

Chairman-designate

Fyodor Golovin
Constitutional Democratic Party

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

Results

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PartySeats
Trudoviks104
Constitutional Democratic Party98
Autonomists76
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party65
Socialist Revolutionary Party37
Moderates and Octobrists32
Right-wing22
Cossack Group17
Popular Socialists16
Party of Democratic Reform1
Independents50
Total518
Source: Great Russian Encyclopaedia

References

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  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