Nizhny Novgorod electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)

Nizhny Novgorod
Former Civilian constituency
for the All-Russian Constituent Assembly
Former constituency
Created1917
Abolished1918
Number of members9
Number of Uyezd Electoral Commissions11
Number of Urban Electoral Commissions3
Number of Parishes252
Sources:[1][2]

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

Only in the Nizhny Novgorod constituency could the combined forces of clergy and far right make an electoral impact.[5] The Christian Union for Faith and Fatherland had a relative success.[6]

Results

Nizhny Novgorod
Party Vote % Seats
List 3 - Socialist-Revolutionaries and the
Soviet of Peasants Deputies 		314,004 54.15 6
List 7 - Bolsheviks 133,950 23.10 2
List 11 - Christian Union for Faith and Fatherland 48,428 8.35 1
List 12 - Kadets 34,726 5.99
List 8 - All Muslim Socialist Bloc 19,935 3.44
List 5 - Union of Old Believer Accord 16,230 2.80
List 2 - Mensheviks 7,634 1.32
List 10 - Popular Socialists 2,666 0.46
List 6 - Ukrainian Group 126 0.02
Unaccounted 2,198 0.38
Total: 579,897 9

[7][8]

Deputies Elected
Sergius Christian Unity
Fokeev SR
Kutuzov SR
Lukyanov SR
Rakov SR
Sumgin SR
Tyurikov SR
Danilov Bolshevik
Romanov Bolshevik

[9]

The result given by Radkey, used in the table above, doesn't include List 4 - Cooperative Group, List 9 - Landowners and Progressive Democrats and List 1 - Voters Group of Gorbatovsky Uezd.[8]

References

  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. p. 20. 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. p. 123. 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. ^ a b Л. М Спирин (1987). Россия 1917 год: из истории борьбы политических партий. Мысль. pp. 273–328.
  9. ^ Лев Григорьевич Протасов (2008). Люди Учредительного собрания: портрет в интерьере эпохи. РОССПЭН. ISBN 978-5-8243-0972-0.