Syr Darya electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917) explained

Syr Darya
Type:Civilian
Parl Name:All-Russian Constituent Assembly
Elects Howmany:9
Blank1 Name:Number of Uyezd Electoral Commissions
Blank1 Info:5
Blank2 Name:Number of Urban Electoral Commissions
Blank2 Info:1
Blank3 Name:Number of Parishes
Blank3 Info:154
Blank4 Name:Sources:
Blank4 Info:[1] [2]
Abolished:1918
Year:1917

The Syr Darya electoral district (Russian: Сыр-Дарьинский избирательный округ) was a constituency created for the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election. The electoral district covered the Syr-Darya Oblast, except for the Amu Darya Division.[3]

Seven candidate lists registered to contest the election in Syr Darya; List 1 - Second Congress of Peasant Deputies, List 2 - Muslim Congress of the Syr-Darya Province, List 3 - All-Muslim List, List 4 - Mensheviks, List 5 - Kadets, List 6 - Progressives and List 7 - Socialist-Revolutionaries. List 1 and List 7 had an electoral alliance.[4] In the autumn of 1917, a meeting of the Muslim National Committee and the Musavat Party had decided to field Alimardan Topchubashov as their candidate in Amu Darya.[5] Alash Orda did not field a separate list in Syr-Darya, but joined with other Muslim forces for the election.[6]

Voting in Syr-Darya was postponed until mid-Dec 1917, then to January 19, 1918.[7] In the end no vote ever took place.[7] [8] 9 seats had been allotted to Syr Darya.[9]

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: Л. М Спирин. Россия 1917 год: из истории борьбы политических партий. 1987. Мысль. 273–328.
  5. Book: Jamil Hasanli. Leadership and Nationalism in Azerbaijan: Ali Mardan bey Topchibashov, Founder and Creator. 18 December 2018. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-429-78536-8. 119.
  6. Book: Н. Н. Алеврас. Россия и Восток: Россия между Европой и Азией. Национальный вопрос и политические движения. 1995. Челябинский гос. унив.. 157.
  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. 95.
  8. Book: Rex A. Wade. Revolutionary Russia: New Approaches to the Russian Revolution of 1917. 31 July 2004. Routledge. 978-1-134-39764-8. 256–257.
  9. 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. 8, 136.