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Estonia electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)

The Estonia electoral district (Russian: Эстляндский избирательный округ) was a constituency created for the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election, covering the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia.[3]

Estonia
Former Civilian constituency
for the All-Russian Constituent Assembly
Former constituency
Created1917
Abolished1918
Number of members8
Number of Uyezd Electoral Commissions9
Number of Urban Electoral Commissions2
Number of Parishes349
Sources:[1][2]

Voter turnout stood at 56.6% in the Estonia electoral district.[4]

Notably, the Bolsheviks benefited from popular discontent with the failure of the Provisional Government to follow through on its promises of self-determination for Estonia.[5] The Bolsheviks and Estonian Labour Party had their strongest support in Reval and northern Estonia.[5] Bolsheviks obtained 22,003 votes (47.6%) in Reval, the Estonian Labour Party obtained 13,855 votes (29.9%), the Estonian Democratic Party 4,735 votes (10.2%), Estonian Social Democrats 2,689 votes (5.8%), Radical Democrats 1,136 votes (2.4%), Russian SRs 1,135 votes (2.4%) and Estonian SRs 787 votes (1.7%).[4][5]

The Democratic Bloc obtained 53.4% of the votes in Tartu, and did also get a good number of votes in southern Estonia.[5] In Tartu the Democratic Bloc got 8,441 votes, the Bolsheviks 5,394 votes, the Estonian SDs 1,226 votes, the Estonian SRs 349 votes, the Russian SRs 247 votes, the Estonian Labour Party 220 votes and the Radical Democrats 143 votes.[6]

In Rakvere the Estonian Labour Party obtained 1,186 votes, the Bolsheviks 861 votes, the Estonian Democratic Bloc 543 votes, Estonian SDs 86 votes, the Estonian SRs 40 votes, Estonian Radical Democratic Party 29 votes and Russian SRs 27 votes. There was 57% voter participation in Rakvere.[7]

In Fellin the Bolsheviks got 1,332 votes, the Estonian Labour Party 1,283 votes, the Democratic Bloc 983 votes, Estonian SRs 156 votes, the Estonian SDs 111 votes, the Radical Democrats 31 votes and the Russian SRs 8 votes.[6]

Soldiers stationed at garrisons in Estonia did not vote in the Estonian district, but in the Baltic Fleet constituency.[4]

Results edit

Estonia
Party Vote % Seats %
List 2 - Bolsheviks 119,863 39.98 4 50.00
List 7 - Estonian Democratic Bloc
(Estonian Democratic Party and Estonian Land Union)[8] 		68,085 22.71 2 25.00
List 3 - Estonian Labour Party 64,704 21.58 2 25.00
List 1 - Estonian SRs 17,726 5.91
List 6 - Estonian Radical Democratic Party and Peasants Union 17,022 5.68
List 4 - Estonian SDs 9,244 3.08
List 5 - Socialist-Revolutionaries 3,200 1.07
Total: 299,844 8

[9]

Deputies Elected
Anvelt Bolshevik
Pöögelmann Bolshevik
Rabchinsky Bolshevik
Vakmann Bolshevik
Seljamaa Estonian Labour
Vilms Estonian Labour
Poska Estonian Democratic
Tõnisson Estonian Democratic

[10]

Electoral propaganda edit

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    Communique issued by the Tartu Soviet of Peasants Deputies, calling for a vote for List 1 (Estonian SRs)
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    Advert for List 2 (Bolsheviks) in Tartu Tööliste ja Soldatite Saadikute Nõukogu Teataja
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    Advert in the newspaper Zvezda for List 2 (Bolsheviks)
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    Advert in the newspaper Uus Päewaleht for List 3 (Estonian Labour Party)
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    Advert for List 4 (Estonian SDs) in the newspaper Sotsialdemokrat
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    Advert in the newspaper Golos Naroda for List 5 (Socialist-Revolutionaries). The list was headed by Vladimir Algasov [ru]
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    Advert for List 6 (Estonian Radical Democratic Party and Peasants Union) in Teataja
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    Advert in the newspaper Postimees for List 7 (Estonian Democratic Bloc)
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    Advert issued by the Reval Committee of the People's Freedom Party (Kadet Party) in the newspaper Revelskoye Slovo, calling on voters to cast their votes for List 7 (Estonian Democratic Bloc)
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    Advert in the newspaper Postimees for List 7 (Estonian Democratic Bloc)

References edit

  1. ^ И. С. Малчевский (1930). Всероссийское учредительное собрание. Гос изд-во. pp. 140–142.
  2. ^ Б. Ф Додонов; Е. Д Гринько; О. В.. Лавинская (2004). Журналы заседаний Временного правительства: Сентябрь-октябрь 1917 года. РОССПЭН. pp. 206–208. ISBN 9785824302035.
  3. ^ Татьяна Евгеньевна Новицкая (1991). Учредительное собрание: Россия 1918 : стенограмма и другие документы. Недра. p. 13.
  4. ^ a b c Л. М Спирин (1987). Россия 1917 год: из истории борьбы политических партий. Мысль. pp. 273–328.
  5. ^ a b c d Toivo U. Raun (1 February 2002). Estonia and the Estonians: Second Edition, Updated. Hoover Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-8179-2853-7.
  6. ^ a b Ревельское обозрение, Number 13, 17 November 1917. pp. 2-3
  7. ^ Uus Päewaleht, Number 257, 16 November 1917. p. 3
  8. ^ Postimees, nr. 249, 1 November 1917
  9. ^ Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. pp. 148–160. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.
  10. ^ Лев Григорьевич Протасов (2008). Люди Учредительного собрания: портрет в интерьере эпохи. РОССПЭН. ISBN 978-5-8243-0972-0.
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