1917 Baku City Duma election

Russia no 29 October 1917 All 100 seats in the Baku City Duma 50 SR-Mensheviks Viktor Chernov 25 24.10 Armenian Revolutionary Federation 17 16.97 Bolsheviks Vladimir Lenin 16 15.40 Musavat Mahammad Amin Rasulzade 14 14.08 Ittihad 11 11.03 Kadets Pavel Milyukov 6 5.74 Yedinstvo Georgi Plekhanov 3 3.55 APP 3 3.24 UJEC 3 3.04 KRDO 2 2.27 thumb|Advert for List 1, the Kadets thumb|Advert for List 7, the United Jewish Electoral Committee thumb|Advert for List 10, Yedinstvo thumb|Advert for List 12, the Baku Committee of Muslim Community Organizations (Musavat Party) thumb|Electoral propaganda bulletin of the People's Freedom Party (Kadets) for the Baku City Duma election An election to the Baku City Duma ru Бакинская городская дума was held on 11 November 1917 29 October. Baku was the last major city in Russia to hold local duma elections during 1917.Rosenberg William G. The Russian municipal duma elections of 1917: A preliminary computation of returns Soviet Studies 1969 21 2 131–163 10.1080/09668136908410699 149186 Notably, the vote was held after October Revolution commenced. On 28 April 1915 the Baku City Duma decided to postpone elections for a new duma until the end of the war. The decision was ratified on 16 January 1916. However, with the overthrow of the czarist rule during the 1917 February Revolution, the issue of local elections re-emerged. Under the Provisional Government regulations were issued for the holding of elections of city dumas on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage with secret ballot. Кямаля Оджагова 2003 Городское самоуправление Баку в конце ХІХ--начале ХХ вв Нурлан 29, 55 58789818 https://books.google.com/books?id=_QAWAQAAIAAJ The Socialist-Revolutionaries and Mensheviks formed a strong alliance after July 1917, around the principle of 'revolutionary defencism' and set up a joint list for the city duma election. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation ('Dashnaks') was excluded from alliance. However, the holding of the city duma election in Baku suffered long delays. In September 1917, OZAKOM ceded to demands for immediate elections to city duma. However, the city boundaries had remained unchanged, thus leaving the industrial districts outside of the city proper. The issue of incorporation of the Baku oilfields into the city proper was a key dispute in the run-up to the election. The incumbent city government, Moslem parties and the Kadets opposed incorporation, with the Moslem parties arguing that the oil fields had closer connection with the surrounding villages. The Baku Soviet called for incorporation, and the Bolsheviks actively campaigned for oil field incorporation. Election result Below an account published in the newspaper Kaspii on 1 November 1917; ListVotes%SeatsList 4 - Socialist Bloc (Socialist-Revolutionaries, Mensheviks)17,51924.10%25List 2 - Armenian Revolutionary Federation12,33116.97%17List 5 - Bolsheviks11,19515.40%16List 12 - Muslim Community Organizations (Musavat)10,23414.08%14List 9 - "Muslims of Russia" (Ittihad)8,01511.03%11List 1 - People's Freedom Party (Kadets)4,1725.74%5 or 6List 10 - Yedinstvo2,5813.55%3List 11 - Armenian National Democrats2,3573.24%3List 7 - United Jewish Electoral Committee2,2083.04%3List 8 - Caucasus Russian Democratic Society1,6472.27%2List 3 - Government Employees2370.33%0List 6 - Jewish Socialists1850.25%0Total72,681 КАСПИЙ. November 1, 1917. p. 3-4 The following, slightly different account, is present by Rosenberg (1969); ListBaku Popular VoteGarrison VoteSeatsVotes% of votesVotes% of votesSocialist Bloc (Socialist-Revolutionaries, Mensheviks)17,52324.06%2778.96%25Armenian Revolutionary Federation12,33216.93%722.33%18Bolsheviks11,20215.38%2,67586.49%16Musavat10,28514.12%30.10%15Moslem Clericals8,06311.07%00%12Kadets4,1735.73%250.81%6Yedinstvo2,5813.54%60.19%4Armenian Democrats2,3583.24%20.06%4Jewish Parties2,4193.32%260.84%3Russians1,6471.16%20.06%2Government Employees2450.34%50.16%0Total72,8283,093105 Rosenberg (1969) uses two sources for the Baku City Duma election result, the newspaper Baku (1 November 1917 issue) and Revolyutsiya 1917 goda v Azerbaydzhane: khronika sobytiy (Baku, 1927). He notes slight discrepancies between the results presented by the two sources. Notably the 1 December 1917 issue of Kaspii presented an account of the electoral result similar to that of Rosenberg. Ronald Grigor Suny 12 March 2019 The Baku Commune, 1917-1918: Class and Nationality in the Russian Revolution Princeton University Press 82, 108–110, 160, 189–190 978-0-691-65703-5 1089478740 https://books.google.com/books?id=k1mYDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA160 Ethnicity of elected deputies Armenians38Moslems31Russians19Jews12Polish3Georgians2 Formation of coalition government After the election, the various political parties diverged on how to form a government for the city. The Mensheviks called for a government including all revolutionary and democratic forces. The Socialist-Revolutionaries argued in favour of a coalition between the city duma and the Baku soviet. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation, Musavat and Ittihad envisioned a coalition of city duma, Baku soviet, national councils and other democratic organizations. The Kadets, Yedinstvo and the incumbent city board argued for exclusive authority of the city duma. A meeting was held on 15 December 1917, and after a first divided vote and a series of negotiations, the Mensheviks moved to support a resolution for the formation of a coalition of the city duma, Baku soviet, Peasants Union, national councils and others. The broad coalition proposal received 47 votes whilst the proposal for a duma-soviet coalition received 24 votes. The coalition government was formed with the support of all parties except the Bolsheviks. The coalition government had 9 members - 3 from soviets (workers, peasants, soldiers), 3 from national organizations (Moslem, Armenian, Russian) and 3 from the city duma and its board. See also 1917 Astrakhan City Duma election 1917 Russian municipal elections November 1917 Yekaterinburg City Duma election 1917 Kiev City Duma election 1917 Minsk City Duma election 1917 Odessa City Duma election References Baku City Duma election Category:Local elections in Russia Category:Elections in the Russian Revolution Category:20th century in Baku Category:October 1917 in Russia