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

Kazan
Type:Civilian
Parl Name:All-Russian Constituent Assembly
Elects Howmany:12
Blank1 Name:Number of Uyezd Electoral Commissions
Blank1 Info:12
Blank2 Name:Number of Urban Electoral Commissions
Blank2 Info:1
Blank3 Name:Number of Parishes
Blank3 Info:182
Blank4 Name:Sources:
Abolished:1918
Year:1917
Blank4 Info:[1] [2]

The Kazan electoral district (Russian: Казанский избирательный округ) was a constituency created for the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election.

The electoral district covered the Kazan Governorate.[3] The constituency was assigned 12 seats in the Constituent Assembly.[4]

Notably, local SR party branch was dominated by leftist elements.[5]

A 66% turnout was reported.[6] The Chuvash people largely voted for the SRs.[5] The Tatar voters were split between leftist and rightist lists.[7] In Kazan city itself the Bolsheviks were the most voted party, with 21,118 votes (26.1%), followed by the Kadets with 20,044 votes (24.8%), the SRs with 15,356 votes (18.9%), Muslim Socialists 12,730 votes (15.7%), Orthodox list 3,215 votes (4%), Mensheviks 2,605 votes (3.2%), Muslim Assembly 2,304 votes (2.8%), right-wing SRs 1,681 votes (2.1%), Cooperative-Independent Socialists 802 votes (1%), Chuvash 696 votes (0.8%) and the Agricultural-Artisan-Commercial-Industrial list 508 votes (0.6%). In the Kazan garrison the Bolsheviks got 10,706 votes (40.8%), SRs 9,177 votes (34.9%), Muslim Socialists 3,156 votes (12%), Kadets 1,686 votes (6.4%), Chuvash 577 votes (2.2%), Mensheviks 400 votes (1.5%), right-wing SRs 305 votes (1.2%), Cooperative-Independent Socialists 162 votes (0.6%), Agricultural-Artisan-Commercial Industrial list 51 votes (0.2%), Orthodox list 48 votes (0.1%) and the Muslim Assembly 40 votes (0.1%).

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.
  3. Book: Татьяна Евгеньевна Новицкая. Учредительное собрание: Россия 1918 : стенограмма и другие документы. 1991. Недра. 13.
  4. Book: Б. Ф Додонов. Е. Д Гринько. О. В.. Лавинская. Журналы заседаний Временного правительства: Сентябрь-октябрь 1917 года. 2004. РОССПЭН. 207.
  5. 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. 29, 148.
  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. 98.
  7. 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. 30.
  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: Л. М Спирин. Россия 1917 год: из истории борьбы политических партий. 1987. Мысль. 273–328.
  10. Book: Лев Григорьевич Протасов. Люди Учредительного собрания: портрет в интерьере эпохи. 2008. РОССПЭН. 978-5-8243-0972-0.