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Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917
The elections to the Russian Constituent Assembly that were organised as a result of events in the Russian Revolution in 1917 were held on November 25, 1917 (although some districts had polling on alternate days).
The result was the massive and overwhelming victory of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (SRs) ahead of the Bolsheviks. However, the Bolsheviks had captured power in the October Revolution and they annulled the Assembly at its first sitting making the results of the election null and void.
Various academic studies have given alternative results but all clearly indicate that whilst the Bolsheviks were clear winners in Russia's urban centres, as well as taking around two-thirds of the vote from soldiers on the "Western Front", it was the SRs who topped the polls having won the massive support of the country's rural peasantry.
Radkey study results:
| Party | Votes | % | Deputies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Revolutionary Party | 17,100,000 | 41.0 | 380 |
| Bolsheviks | 9,800,000 | 23.5 | 168 |
| Kadets | 2,000,000 | 4.8 | 17 |
| Mensheviks | 1,360,000 | 3.3 | 18 |
| Others | 11,140,000 | 26.7 | 120 |
| Total | 41,700,000 |
Note: The figures for Socialist Revolutionaries includes the Ukranian Socialist Revolutionaries; whilst the Kadets includes other "rightists" as well; and the total number of deputies returned for "Others" includes 39 Left Socialist Revolutionaries and 4 Popular Socialists, as well as 77 others from various localised groupings.
Results from George Manson University Website:
| Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Socialist Revolutionary Party | 17,943,000 | 40.4 |
| Bolsheviks | 10,661,000 | 24.0 |
| Ukranian Socialist Revolutionaries | 3,433,000 | 7.7 |
| Kadets | 2,088,000 | 4.7 |
| Mensheviks | 1,144,000 | 2.6 |
| Georgian Mensheviks | 662,000 | 1.5 |
| Musavat (Azerbaijan) | 616,000 | 1.4 |
| Dashnaktsutiun (Armenia) | 560,000 | 1.3 |
| Left SRs | 451,000 | 1.0 |
| Alash Orda (Kazahkstan ) | 407,000 | 0.9 |
| Various Liberal Parties | 1,261,000 | 2.8 |
| Various National Minority Parties | 407,000 | 0.9 |
| Various Socialists | 401,000 | 0.9 |
| Unaccounted | 4,543,000 | 10.2 |
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