January 1907 Russian legislative election

Parliamentary 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
January 1907
All 518 seats to the
State Duma of the Russian Empire
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Alexey Aladyin Pavel Milyukov Julius Martov
Party Trudoviks Cadet Social Democratic Labour
Seats won 104 98 65
Seat change 7 63 47
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Viktor Chernov Alexander Guchkov Alexey Peshekhonov
Party Socialist Revolutionary Union of October 17 Popular Socialists
Seats won 37 32 16
Seat change New New New
Chairman before election

Sergey Muromtsev
Constitutional Democratic Party

 Chairman-designate

Fyodor Golovin
Constitutional Democratic Party

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

Results
Party Seats +/–
Trudoviks104+7
Constitutional Democratic Party98–63
Autonomists76–
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party65+47
Socialist-Revolutionary Party37New
Moderates and Octobrists32New
Right-wing22New
Cossack Group17New
Popular Socialists16New
Party of Democratic Reform1–13
Independents50–53
Total518+19
Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia

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
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