Legislative elections were held in the Russian Empire in September 1912 to elect the 442 members of the fourth State Duma.[1]
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Electoral Process
editThe elections to the fourth State Duma were conducted on Electoral Law 1907, which were the same laws as the third State Duma had been elected under in the October 1907 Russian legislative election.[2]
Results
editAround 51% of those elected were nobles, the highest during the Tsarist era.[1] Both the right- and left-wing increased their representation in the Duma; right-wing candidates won 153 seats and left-wingers 152, whilst the centrists, including the Union of October 17, were reduced to 130 seats.[1]
| Party | Seats | |
|---|---|---|
| Russian Nationalist | 120 | |
| Union of October 17 | 98 | |
| Extreme Rightist | 65 | |
| Constitutional Democratic Party | 59 | |
| Progressive Party | 48 | |
| Minority Autonomists | 21 | |
| Russian Social Democratic Labour Party | 14 | |
| Trudoviks | 10 | |
| Independents | 7 | |
| Total | 442 | |
Aftermath
editFollowing the elections, the Union of October 17 became an opposition party due to its harassment by the government during the election.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Theofanis G. Stavrou (1969) Russia Under the Last Tsar U of Minnesota Press, p108
- ^ Hosking, Geoffrey Alan (1973). The Russian constitutional experiment: government and Duma, 1907-1914. Soviet and East European studies. Cambridge: Camebridge University Press. p. 44. ISBN 0-521-20041-5.