January 1907 Russian legislative election

January 1907 Russian legislative election

January 1907
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

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

Party		Seats
	Trudoviks	104
	Constitutional Democratic Party	98
	Autonomists	76
	Russian Social Democratic Labour Party	65
	Socialist Revolutionary Party	37
	Moderates and Octobrists	32
	Right-wing	22
	Cossack Group	17
	Popular Socialists	16
	Party of Democratic Reform	1
	Independents	50
Total		518
Source: Great Russian Encyclopaedia

References

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