1917 Russian Constituent Assembly Election
The dissolved assembly25 November 1917 · Revolution and the Constituent Assembly · 767 seats
Elections to the Russian Constituent Assembly were held on 25 November 1917. Organized as a result of events in the February Revolution, the elections took place two months after they had been originally meant to occur.
A free, universal-suffrage election — Russia's first, and its last until 1991. The assembly it produced was dissolved by the Bolsheviks after a single day's sitting.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
SRs
324 of 767 seats
Turnout
64.0%
The result
| Share of the Constituent Assembly | |||||||
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| SRs | Viktor Chernov | 324 | — | 17,256,911 | 37.6% | — | |
| Bolsheviks | Vladimir Lenin | 183 | — | 10,671,387 | 23.3% | — | |
| Ukrainian SRs | Mykhailo Hrushevsky | 110 | — | 5,819,395 | 12.7% | — | |
| Mensheviks | Julius Martov | 18 | — | 1,385,500 | 3.0% | — | |
| Cossacks | Alexey Kaledin | 17 | — | 908,326 | 2.0% | — | |
| Cadet | Pavel Milyukov | 16 | — | 2,100,262 | 4.6% | — | |
| Alash | Alikhan Bukeikhanov | 15 | — | 767,632 | 1.7% | — | |
| Musavat Party | Mahammad Amin Rasulzade | 15 | — | 615,816 | 1.3% | — | |
| ARF | — | 10 | — | 558,400 | 1.2% | — |
59 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.