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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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regulations were issued for the holding of elections of city dumas on the basis of universal, equal and direct suffrage with secret ballot.
937:(Baku, 1927). He notes slight discrepancies between the results presented by the two sources. Notably the 1 December 1917 issue of
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Rosenberg, William G. (1969). "The
Russian municipal duma elections of 1917: A preliminary computation of returns".
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354:. The decision was ratified on 16 January 1916. However, with the overthrow of the czarist rule during the 1917
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was the last major city in Russia to hold local duma elections during 1917. Notably, the vote was held after
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Electoral propaganda bulletin of the People's
Freedom Party (Kadets) for the Baku City Duma election
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On 28 April 1915 the Baku City Duma decided to postpone elections for a new duma until the end of
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However, the holding of the city duma election in Baku suffered long delays. In
September 1917,
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Rosenberg (1969) uses two sources for the Baku City Duma election result, the newspaper
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The Baku
Commune, 1917-1918: Class and Nationality in the Russian Revolution
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presented an account of the electoral result similar to that of
Rosenberg.
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The following, slightly different account, is present by
Rosenberg (1969);
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Advert for List 12, the Baku
Committee of Muslim Community Organizations (
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1150:. Princeton University Press. pp. 82, 108–110, 160, 189–190.
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Revolyutsiya 1917 goda v Azerbaydzhane: khronika sobytiy
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Advert for List 7, the United Jewish Electoral Committee
1071:Городское самоуправление Баку в конце ХІХ--начале ХХ вв
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358:, the issue of local elections re-emerged. Under the
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1029:November 1917 Yekaterinburg City Duma election
575:List 8 - Caucasus Russian Democratic Society
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393:Below an account published in the newspaper
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561:List 7 - United Jewish Electoral Committee
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377:('Dashnaks') was excluded from alliance.
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1144:Ronald Grigor Suny (12 March 2019).
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335:was held on 11 November [
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1019:1917 Astrakhan City Duma election
1004:Formation of coalition government
697:Armenian Revolutionary Federation
441:Armenian Revolutionary Federation
375:Armenian Revolutionary Federation
1024:1917 Russian municipal elections
23:
1044:1917 Odessa City Duma election
589:List 3 - Government Employees
475:Muslim Community Organizations
47:50 seats needed for a majority
1:
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1039:1917 Minsk City Duma election
945:Ethnicity of elected deputies
1034:1917 Kiev City Duma election
933:(1 November 1917 issue) and
17:1917 Baku City Duma election
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1074:. Нурлан. pp. 29, 55.
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603:List 6 - Jewish Socialists
546:Armenian National Democrats
339:29 October] 1917.
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1183:. November 1, 1917. p. 3-4
1205:Local elections in Russia
1110:10.1080/09668136908410699
670:Socialist-Revolutionaries
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419:Socialist-Revolutionaries
417:List 4 - Socialist Bloc (
367:Socialist-Revolutionaries
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1068:Кямаля Оджагова (2003).
278:Advert for List 1, the
144:Mahammad Amin Rasulzade
511:People's Freedom Party
360:Provisional Government
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888:Government Employees
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42:All 100 seats in the
1215:20th century in Baku
397:on 1 November 1917;
297:Advert for List 10,
493:"Muslims of Russia"
356:February Revolution
324:An election to the
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1210:Russian Revolution
827:Armenian Democrats
643:Baku Popular Vote
345:October Revolution
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663:% of votes
657:% of votes
347:commenced.
329: [
1194:Categories
1166:1089478740
1050:References
992:Georgians
952:Armenians
719:Bolsheviks
674:Mensheviks
544:List 11 -
527:List 10 -
495:(Ittihad)
477:(Musavat)
473:List 12 -
458:Bolsheviks
423:Mensheviks
371:Mensheviks
119:Bolsheviks
82:Mensheviks
968:Russians
868:Russians
805:Yedinstvo
529:Yedinstvo
513:(Kadets)
509:List 1 -
491:List 9 -
456:List 5 -
439:List 2 -
299:Yedinstvo
196:Yedinstvo
1080:58789818
1013:See also
960:Moslems
984:Polish
913:72,828
768:11.07%
748:14.12%
745:10,285
741:Musavat
732:86.49%
726:15.38%
723:11,202
704:16.93%
701:12,332
682:24.06%
679:17,523
622:72,681
522:5 or 6
501:11.03%
483:14.08%
480:10,234
465:15.40%
462:11,195
448:16.97%
445:12,331
431:24.10%
428:17,519
352:the war
159:Ittihad
139:Musavat
59:Leader
1180:КАСПИЙ
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939:Kaspii
918:3,093
900:0.16%
894:0.34%
880:0.06%
874:1.16%
871:1,647
860:0.84%
854:3.32%
851:2,419
840:0.06%
834:3.24%
831:2,358
818:0.19%
812:3.54%
809:2,581
796:0.81%
790:5.73%
787:4,173
783:Kadets
765:8,063
754:0.10%
729:2,675
710:2.33%
688:8.96%
660:Votes
654:Votes
649:Seats
609:0.25%
595:0.33%
581:2.27%
578:1,647
567:3.04%
564:2,208
553:3.24%
550:2,357
536:3.55%
533:2,581
519:5.74%
516:4,172
498:8,015
412:Seats
406:Votes
395:Kaspii
382:OZAKOM
280:Kadets
176:Kadets
165:11.03
148:14.08
128:15.40
108:16.97
91:24.10
67:Seats
1114:JSTOR
976:Jews
909:Total
640:List
618:Total
403:List
333:]
256:2.27
239:3.04
222:3.24
205:3.55
185:5.74
56:Party
1162:OCLC
1152:ISBN
1076:OCLC
931:Baku
923:105
891:245
685:277
606:185
592:237
369:and
365:The
341:Baku
337:O.S.
250:KRDO
233:UJEC
1106:doi
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216:APP
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102:ARF
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