The Bolsheviks received approximately 20% of the vote in the Russian Constituent Assembly election.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Multiple sources put the Bolsheviks' national vote share in the 1917 Constituent Assembly election at roughly 24-25%, not about 20%. The claim's figure falls outside that range, and the 20% figure in the source appears only for the earlier Petrograd district council elections.
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… The constituent assembly was a theory more than a reality. Even there, the elections really never mattered, but only leftist parties could be a part of it, and the Bolsheviks got about 20% of the vote, with a turnout rate of like 40%, because, again, these weren't competitive elections. The Petrograd Soviet is different from the constituent assembly, which never really mattered, but the elections took place. …
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Contradicts. The Seventeen Moments in Soviet History (MSU) source says the Bolsheviks polled about ten million votes, 24 percent of the 42 million cast.[1]
Contradicts. Britannica says the Bolsheviks received a little less than 25 percent of the vote in the Constituent Assembly election.[2]
Contradicts. The Encyclopedia of Ukraine gives the Bolsheviks 24.9 percent of the 36.26 million votes cast nationwide, and the Encyclopedia.com source gives them about 25 percent.[3][4]
Contradicts. The Wikipedia results page cites Svyatitsky's and Lenin's accounts with the Bolsheviks at about 25 percent of the vote in 54 districts.[5]
Context. The Saint Petersburg encyclopaedia reports 45% for the Bolsheviks in Petrograd alone, a local figure rather than the national share.[6]
Context. Lenin's 20 percent figure refers to the May-June 1917 Petrograd district council elections, not the Constituent Assembly election.[7]
Sources
7 sources: 1 primary, 6 not rated
- 1Constituent Assembly | Seventeen Moments in Soviet Historysoviethistory.msu.edu · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 2Constituent Assembly | Revolutionary Reforms, Bolsheviks ...britannica.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3All-Russian Constituent Assemblyencyclopediaofukraine.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Constituent Assemblyencyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Results of the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6Constituent Assembly, All-Russian - Saint Petersburg encyclopaediaencspb.ru · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Lenin: Interview Given to Gregori Yarros, Correspondent of ...marxists.org · not rated · cited for: context
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