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

Estonia
Abolished:1918
Year:1917
Type:Civilian
Parl Name:All-Russian Constituent Assembly
Elects Howmany:8
Blank1 Name:Number of Uyezd Electoral Commissions
Blank1 Info:9
Blank2 Name:Number of Urban Electoral Commissions
Blank2 Info:2
Blank3 Name:Number of Parishes
Blank3 Info:349
Blank4 Name:Sources:
Blank4 Info:[1] [2]

The Estonia electoral district (Russian: Эстляндский избирательный округ) was a constituency created for the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election, covering the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia.[3]

Voter turnout stood at 56.6% in the Estonia electoral district.[4]

Notably, the Bolsheviks benefited from popular discontent with the failure of the Provisional Government to follow through on its promises of self-determination for Estonia. The Bolsheviks and Estonian Labour Party had their strongest support in Reval and northern Estonia. Bolsheviks obtained 22,003 votes (47.6%) in Reval, the Estonian Labour Party obtained 13,855 votes (29.9%), the Estonian Democratic Party 4,735 votes (10.2%), Estonian Social Democrats 2,689 votes (5.8%), Radical Democrats 1,136 votes (2.4%), Russian SRs 1,135 votes (2.4%) and Estonian SRs 787 votes (1.7%).[4]

The Democratic Bloc obtained 53.4% of the votes in Tartu, and did also get a good number of votes in southern Estonia.[5] In Tartu the Democratic Bloc got 8,441 votes, the Bolsheviks 5,394 votes, the Estonian SDs 1,226 votes, the Estonian SRs 349 votes, the Russian SRs 247 votes, the Estonian Labour Party 220 votes and the Radical Democrats 143 votes.

In Rakvere the Estonian Labour Party obtained 1,186 votes, the Bolsheviks 861 votes, the Estonian Democratic Bloc 543 votes, Estonian SDs 86 votes, the Estonian SRs 40 votes, Estonian Radical Democratic Party 29 votes and Russian SRs 27 votes. There was 57% voter participation in Rakvere.[6]

In Fellin the Bolsheviks got 1,332 votes, the Estonian Labour Party 1,283 votes, the Democratic Bloc 983 votes, Estonian SRs 156 votes, the Estonian SDs 111 votes, the Radical Democrats 31 votes and the Russian SRs 8 votes.[7]

Soldiers stationed at garrisons in Estonia did not vote in the Estonian district, but in the Baltic Fleet constituency.[4]

Results

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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. 9785824302035 .
  3. Book: Татьяна Евгеньевна Новицкая. Учредительное собрание: Россия 1918 : стенограмма и другие документы. 1991. Недра. 13.
  4. Book: Л. М Спирин. Россия 1917 год: из истории борьбы политических партий. 1987. Мысль. 273–328.
  5. Book: Toivo U. Raun. Estonia and the Estonians: Second Edition, Updated. 1 February 2002. Hoover Press. 978-0-8179-2853-7. 103.
  6. Uus Päewaleht, Number 257, 16 November 1917. p. 3
  7. https://dea.digar.ee/?a=is&oid=revelskojeobozrenije19171117&type=staticpdf&e=-------en-25--1--txt-txIN%7ctxTI%7ctxAU%7ctxTA------------- Ревельское обозрение
  8. 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.
  9. Book: Лев Григорьевич Протасов. Люди Учредительного собрания: портрет в интерьере эпохи. 2008. РОССПЭН. 978-5-8243-0972-0.