Arkhangelsk electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917) explained

Arkhangelsk
Type:Civilian
Abolished:1918
Year:1917
Parl Name:All-Russian Constituent Assembly
Elects Howmany:2
Blank1 Name:Number of Uyezd Electoral Commissions
Blank1 Info:9
Blank2 Name:Number of Urban Electoral Commissions
Blank2 Info:1
Blank3 Name:Number of Parishes
Blank3 Info:126
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Arkhangelsk electoral district (Russian: Архангельский избирательный округ) was a constituency created for the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election. The electoral district covered the Arkhangelsk Governorate.[3]

Notably, Arkhangelsk had a different electoral system than the rest of the country, as voters voted for individual candidates rather than party lists.[4] Five parties had fielded their candidates in the constituency; The Kadets fielded Aleksander Isupov and Viktor Bartenev, the Socialist-Revolutionaries (supported by the Peasants' Deputies Soviet) fielded Alexey Ivanov and Mikhail Kvyatkovsky, the Bolsheviks fielded Matvei Muranov and Georgy Oppokov and the Mensheviks fielded Anatoli Zhidkov and Vladimir Bustrem. Pavel Osipov was nominated by a group of citizens from Kurlev volost in Kholmogory uezd.

The election was held in the Arkhangelsk electoral district on November 27–29, 1917.[5]

Results

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The account of U.S. historian Oliver Henry Radkey (shown in the table above) is missing the votes from 4 uezds, representing some 25% of the electorate the Arkhangelsk electoral district. The account of Soviet historian L. M. Spirin differs somewhat from the account presented by Radkey; Spirin assigns 106,570 votes for the SRs, 36,522 votes for the Bolsheviks, includes 5,032 "unaccounted votes" but his figures for the remaining 3 parties are identical with Radkey's totals. In Arkhangelsk town, according to Spirin, the Bolsheviks obtained 5,776 votes (29.7%), the Kadets 5,619 votes (28.9%), the SRs 5,238 votes (26.9%), the Mensheviks 2,765 votes (14.2%) and the Kurlev's Citizens Group 61 votes (0.3%).

References

Notes and References

  1. Book: И. С. Малчевский. Всероссийское учредительное собрание. 1930. Гос изд-во. 140–142.
  2. Book: Б. Ф Додонов. Е. Д Гринько. О. В.. Лавинская. Журналы заседаний Временного правительства: Сентябрь-октябрь 1917 года. 2004. РОССПЭН. 206–208.
  3. Book: Татьяна Евгеньевна Новицкая. Учредительное собрание: Россия 1918 : стенограмма и другие документы. 1991. Недра. 13.
  4. Book: Oliver Henry Radkey. Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. registration. 1989. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-2360-4. 161.
  5. Book: Людмила Дмитриевна Попова. Архангельский областной краеведческий музей. Мезень и Мезенский край в истории Отечества и Баренцева региона: сборник статей международной научно-практической конференции, Мезень, 7-9 февраля 2006 года. 2006. ОАО ИПП "Правда Севера". 56.
  6. Book: Oliver Henry Radkey. Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. registration. 1989. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-2360-4. 148–160.
  7. Book: Л. М Спирин. Россия 1917 год: из истории борьбы политических партий. 1987. Мысль. 273–328.
  8. Book: Лев Григорьевич Протасов. Люди Учредительного собрания: портрет в интерьере эпохи. 2008. РОССПЭН. 978-5-8243-0972-0.