November 1917 Yekaterinburg City Duma election

An election to the city duma (municipal assembly) of Ekaterinburg was held on November 5, 1917.^[1] The election was part of the series of municipal elections across Russia following the February Revolution.^[2] A Ekaterinburg city duma election had been held on July 30, 1917, but in November a second election was held.^[3]

The Bolsheviks emerged as the largest party in the new city duma, with 40 out of 85 seats.^[1] The share of Bolshevik votes had increased from 21% in the July election to 46%.^[3] Pyotr Voykov, Pavel Bikov [ru] and Ivan Malishev [ru] and were among the newly elected Bolshevik deputies.^[4][5] On November 14, the new city duma elected veteran Bolshevik leader Sergei Chutskaev [ru] as the new mayor.^[3][1] Voikov was elected city duma chairman.^[3] Chutskaev and others among the newly elected Bolsheviks requested the assistance of the outgoing administration to help with the transition.^[1]

The Socialist-Revolutionaries formed the second largest contingent in the new city duma, with 20 deputies.^[1] As part of their election campaign, the SRs held a concert at the Verkh-Iset Theater in early November.^[6] The election result illustrated the declining influence of the SRs in the city.^[6] The Kadets, who were led by Lev Krol [ru], emerged as the third largest faction in the new city duma.^[2][1]

The result was humiliating for the Mensheviks, after the election the membership of the Menshevik party decreased rapidly in the city.^[6]