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.
Held in wartime. This election took place while the country was engaged in World War I (1914–1918); Russian Civil War (1917–1922). Conflicts →
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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.