Ten Days That Shook the World · Chapter
Elections to the Constituent Assembly in Petrograd explained
The chapter presents the detailed results of the elections to the Constituent Assembly in Petrograd, listing the votes received by nineteen different parties and groups, with the Bolsheviks receiving the highest number of votes.
What happens
The chapter presents the detailed results of the elections to the Constituent Assembly in Petrograd, listing the votes received by nineteen different parties and groups, with the Bolsheviks receiving the highest number of votes.
Themes in this chapter
Class Conflict and Polarization
The election results reveal the deep political divisions in Petrograd, with the Bolsheviks and Cadets representing opposing class interests.
Key passages
“There were nineteen tickets in Petrograd. The results are as follows, published November 30th: Party Vote Populist Socialists 19,109 Cadets 245,006 Christian Democrats 3,707 Bolsheviki 424,027 Socialist Universalists 158 S.D. and S.R. Ukrainian and Jewish Workers 4,219 League of Women’s Rights 5,310 Socialist Revolutionaries ( oborontsi ) 4,696 Left Socialist Revolutionaries 152,230 League of the People’s Development 385 Radical Democrats 413 Orthodox Parishes 24,139 Feminine League for Salvation of Country 318 Independent League of Workers, Soldiers, Peasants 4,942 Christian Democrats (Catholic) 14,382 Unified Social Democrats 11,740 Mensheviki 17,427 Yedinstvo group 1,823 League of Cossack Troops 6,712”
In Petrograd, nineteen parties competed in the election. The published results from November 30 show the Bolsheviks leading with 424,027 votes, followed by the Cadets with 245,006 and the Left Socialist Revolutionaries with 152,230.
Summarizes the election results for the Constituent Assembly in Petrograd.