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Vladimir electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)

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Constituency of the Russian Republic
Vladimir
Former Civilian constituency
for the All-Russian Constituent Assembly
Former constituency
Created1917
Abolished1918
Number of members9
Number of Uyezd Electoral Commissions13
Number of Urban Electoral Commissions2
Number of Parishes213
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The Vladimir electoral district (Russian: Владимирский избирательный округ) was a constituency created for the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election. The electoral district covered the Vladimir Governorate. Vladimir was heavily industrialized, second only to Moscow itself. There were many textile mills in Ivanovo-Voznesensky. Out of 11 lists submitted, 7 were approved whilst 4 non-partisan peasants' lists were denied registration.

Results

Vladimir
Party Vote % Seats
List 6 - Bolsheviks 337,941 55.95 6
List 3 - Socialist-Revolutionaries and Congress of Peasants Deputies 197,311 32.67 3
List 1 - Kadets 38,035 6.30
List 4 - Mensheviks 13,074 2.16
List 2 - Revival of Free Russia (rightists) 9,209 1.52
List 5 - Popular Socialists 6,908 1.14
List 7 - Cooperative 1,482 0.25
Total: 603,960 9

Deputies Elected
Makeev SR
Sokolov SR
Spiridonova SR
Frunze Bolshevik
Kiselyov Bolshevik
Lomov-Oppokov Bolshevik
Lyubimov Bolshevik
Naumov Bolshevik
Zhidelev Bolshevik

Out of 13 uezds, SR won in 2; Viazniki (east of industrial belt), an area with hemp and linen production where SRs scored 42.4%, and further east in Gorokhovets uezd, an area with no factories where SRs scored 57.4%. In Vladimir town, the Kadets got 4,457 votes (34%), the Bolsheviks 4,041 votes (30.8%), the SRs 2,610 votes (19.9%), the Mensheviks 1,230 votes (9.4%), the Popular Socialists 474 votes (3.6%), the right-wing "Revival" list 265 votes (2%) and the Cooperative list 37 votes (0.3%). In the Vladimir garrison, the Bolsheviks obtained 2,801 votes (79.1%), the SRs 438 votes (12.4%), the Kadets 175 votes (5%), the Mensheviks 78 votes (2.2%) and the remaining 49 votes were divided between the Popular Socialist and Cooperative lists.

In Ivanovo-Voznesensk town the Bolsheviks got 17,166 votes (64.3%), the Kadets 4,174 votes (15.6%), the SRs 3,389 votes (12.7%), Revival 808 votes (3%), the Mensheviks 679 votes (2.5%), the Popular Socialists 420 votes (1.6%) and the Cooperative list 60 votes (0.2%). In the town garrison the Bolsheviks obtained 1,352 votes (74.5%), the SRs 307 votes (17%), the Kadets 106 votes (5.3%), the Mensheviks 28 votes (1.5%) and 19 votes for the remaining lists.

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. ^ 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. ^ Л. М Спирин (1987). Россия 1917 год: из истории борьбы политических партий. Мысль. pp. 273–328.
  8. Лев Григорьевич Протасов (2008). Люди Учредительного собрания: портрет в интерьере эпохи. РОССПЭН. ISBN 978-5-8243-0972-0.
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