Moscow Metropolis electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)

The Moscow Metropolis electoral district (Russian: Московский столичный избирательный округ) was a constituency created for the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election. The electoral district covered the city of Moscow.^[1] Voter turnout in the city was estimated at between 65.4% and 69.7%.^[2]

Advert for List 4

Advert for List 6

Advert for List 8

Advert of the Moscow Zionist Organization, calling for a vote for List 8

The Menshevik list was headed by Pavel Axelrod.^[3] The Democratic Socialist Bloc list was headed by Georgi Plekhanov.^[4]

Results

**Moscow City**
Party	Vote	%	Seats	%
List 5 - Bolsheviks	366,148	47.88	6	54.55
List 1 - Kadets	263,859	34.50	4	36.36
List 3 - Socialist-Revolutionaries	62,260	8.14	1	9.09
List 8 - Democratic Socialist Bloc (incl. Cooperative, Unity)	35,305	4.62	0	0.00
List 4 - Mensheviks	19,690	2.57	0	0.00
List 9 - Labour Non-Party Group (Rightists, ex-Octobrists)	4,085	0.53	0	0.00
List 7 - Popular Socialists	2,508	0.33	0	0.00
List 2 - National-Socialist Bloc (Ukrainian Socialist Bloc and Nationalist Bloc)	2,346	0.31	0	0.00
List 12 - Commercial-Industrial Group	2,300	0.30	0	0.00
List 11 - All-Russian Peasants Union	2,279	0.30	0	0.00
List 6 - Commonwealth of Nations (mainly Germans)	2,076	0.27	0	0.00
List 10 - United Internationalists	1,907	0.25	0	0.00
Total:	764,763		11

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**Deputies Elected**
Astrov	Kadet
Kokoshkin	Kadet
Maklakov	Kadet
Novgorodtsev	Kadet
Minor	SR
Bukharin	Bolshevik
Ignatov	Bolshevik
Meshcheryakov	Bolshevik
Skvortsov-Stepanov	Bolshevik
Smidovich	Bolshevik
Yaroslavsky	Bolshevik

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References

^ Татьяна Евгеньевна Новицкая (1991). Учредительное собрание: Россия 1918 : стенограмма и другие документы. Недра. p. 13.
^ Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.
^ Spisok Kandidatov, in Vpered, November 15 (O.S.), 1917. p. 3
^ Russkoe Slovo. выборы в учредительное собрание. No. 252, 17 (30) November 1917
^ 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.
^ Л. М Спирин (1987). Россия 1917 год: из истории борьбы политических партий. Мысль. pp. 273–328.
^ Лев Григорьевич Протасов (2008). Люди Учредительного собрания: портрет в интерьере эпохи. РОССПЭН. ISBN 978-5-8243-0972-0.

[Новицкая1991-1] Татьяна Евгеньевна Новицкая (1991). Учредительное собрание: Россия 1918 : стенограмма и другие документы. Недра. p. 13.

[Radkey1989-98-2] Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.

[3] Spisok Kandidatov, in Vpered, November 15 (O.S.), 1917. p. 3

[4] Russkoe Slovo. выборы в учредительное собрание. No. 252, 17 (30) November 1917

[Radkey1989-e-5] 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.

[Спирин1987-6] Л. М Спирин (1987). Россия 1917 год: из истории борьбы политических партий. Мысль. pp. 273–328.

[Протасов2008-7] Лев Григорьевич Протасов (2008). Люди Учредительного собрания: портрет в интерьере эпохи. РОССПЭН. ISBN 978-5-8243-0972-0.

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