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
Created	1917
Abolished	1918
Number of members	8
Number of Uyezd Electoral Commissions	11
Number of Urban Electoral Commissions	1
Number of Parishes	245
Sources:	[1][2]

Whilst Novgorod was an agrarian province, the Bolsheviks obtained a good vote. This might have been due to the fact that 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

Novgorod Party Vote % List 4 - Socialist-Revolutionaries 220,665 45.36 List 6 - Bolsheviks 203,658 41.87 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 [7]

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