Country: | Russia |
Type: | legislative |
Previous Election: | October 1907 Russian legislative election |
Previous Year: | October 1907 |
Next Election: | 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election |
Next Year: | 1917 |
Seats For Election: | All 442 seats in the State Duma |
Majority Seats: | 222 |
Election Date: | September 1912 |
Image1: | Guchkov.jpg |
Party1: | Union of October 17 |
Seats1: | 98 |
Leader2: | Pavel Milyukov |
Party2: | Constitutional Democratic Party |
Seats2: | 59 |
Image3: | Ivan Efremov Crop.jpg |
Leader3: | Ivan Yefryemov |
Party3: | Progressive Party (Russia) |
Seats3: | 48 |
Image4: | MartovW.jpg |
Leader4: | Julius Martov |
Party4: | Russian Social Democratic Labour Party |
Seats4: | 14 |
Image5: | AladinAF1907 Crop.jpg |
Leader5: | Aleksei Aladin |
Party5: | Trudoviks |
Seats5: | 10 |
Chairman | |
Posttitle: | Chairman-designate |
Before Election: | Mikhail Rodzianko |
Before Party: | Union of October 17 |
After Election: | Mikhail Rodzianko |
After Party: | Union of October 17 |
Legislative elections were held in the Russian Empire in September 1912 to elect the fourth State Duma.[1] The elections led to the State Duma of the Russian Empire of the Fourth Convocation.
Around 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]
Following the elections, the Union of October 17 became an opposition party due to its harassment by the government during the election.[1]