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Members of the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic or Legislative Base of the Azerbaijan Republic (Azerbaijani: آذرنایحان جمهوریتی مجلس مبوثان اعضاسی) were the members of the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, which was established as a continuation of the Azerbaijani National Council on December 7, 1918, as the legislative body of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
Although the results of the elections to the Transcaucasian Sejm, held in 1917, were recognized, the parliament was dissolved by the Bolsheviks on the first day.[1] After the October Revolution, the federative state of Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia united under the name of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic.[2] The members of the Transcaucasian Sejm, the legislative body of this republic, were ensured by an increase in the number of Muslim members elected to the Transcaucasian Sejm, which was achieved by increasing the number of Azerbaijani members four times. After the Social Democratic Party of Georgia, the Musavat and the democratic allies formed the Muslim faction of the Transcaucasian Sejm, led by the Musavat and the democratic allies, which had the second largest number of national deputies after the Social Democratic Party of Georgia. On May 27, 1918, this faction formed the basis of the Azerbaijani National Council.[3] On May 28, 1918, Azerbaijan declared its independence.[4] After that, taking into account the impossibility of holding local elections and the creation of the National Council's Parliament, which decided to call the Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan, which decided to call the Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the National Council adopted the "Law on Elections to the Azerbaijani Parliament" on November 19, 1918.[5] According to this law, the Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, which was to consist of 120 members, was to be expanded and new members were to be elected on the principle of expansion of the number of members. The Parliament of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic held its first session on December 7, 1918. During the activity of the parliament, its internal regulations were adopted. Based on these regulations, members were accepted and expelled. Transfers of members between factions within the parliament were frequent.
The extraordinary session of the parliament, which took place due to the ultimatum sent by the Bolshevik government to take over, was the last session of the parliament. Thus, on April 27, 1918, the activities of the parliament were terminated.[6]
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