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Novgorod electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)

The Novgorod electoral district (Russian: Новгородский избирательный округ) was a constituency created for the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election. The electoral district covered the Novgorod Governorate.[3] Eight seats in the Constituent Assembly were assigned to the Novgorod constituency.[4]

Novgorod
Former Civilian constituency
for the All-Russian Constituent Assembly
Former constituency
Created1917
Abolished1918
Number of members8
Number of Uyezd Electoral Commissions11
Number of Urban Electoral Commissions1
Number of Parishes245
Sources:[1][2]

Whilst Novgorod was an agrarian province, the Bolsheviks obtained a good vote. This might have been because many inhabitants were accustomed to perform seasonal work in nearby Petrograd.[5] 4 local peasants lists did not qualify to run in the election.[6]

Results

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Novgorod
Party Vote % Seats %
List 4 - Socialist-Revolutionaries 220,665 45.36 4 44.44
List 6 - Bolsheviks 203,658 41.87 5 55.56
List 3 - Kadets 31,484 6.47
List 1 - Popular Socialists 10,314 2.12
List 9 - Mensheviks 9,336 1.92
List 7 - Union of Landowners 7,804 1.60
List 2 - Homeowners and Landowners of Novgorod Governorate 1,178 0.24
List 8 - Union of Cooperativists 1,123 0.23
List 5 - Unity 860 0.18
Total: 486,422 9

[7]

Deputies Elected
Gukovsky SR
Kobyakov SR
Leontiev SR
Sokolov SR
Ermakov Bolshevik
Pashin Bolshevik
Trotsky Bolshevik
Uritsky Bolshevik
Valentinov Bolshevik

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References

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  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.
  3. ^ Татьяна Евгеньевна Новицкая (1991). Учредительное собрание: Россия 1918 : стенограмма и другие документы. Недра. p. 13.
  4. ^ Б. Ф Додонов; Е. Д Гринько; О. В.. Лавинская (2004). Журналы заседаний Временного правительства: Сентябрь-октябрь 1917 года. РОССПЭН. p. 207.
  5. ^ Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.
  6. ^ Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Лев Григорьевич Протасов (2008). Люди Учредительного собрания: портрет в интерьере эпохи. РОССПЭН. ISBN 978-5-8243-0972-0.
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