Nizhny Novgorod electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)

Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Former Civilian constituency; for the All-Russian Constituent Assembly
Former constituency
Created	1917
Abolished	1918
Number of members	9
Number of Uyezd Electoral Commissions	11
Number of Urban Electoral Commissions	3
Number of Parishes	252
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The Nizhny Novgorod electoral district (Russian: Нижегородский избирательный округ) was a constituency created for the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election. The electoral district covered the Nizhny Novgorod Governorate.^[3] Nine seats in the Constituent Assembly were assigned to the Nizhny Novgorod constituency.^[4]

Only in the Nizhny Novgorod constituency could the combined forces of clergy and far right make an electoral impact.^[5] The Christian Union for Faith and Fatherland had a relative success.^[6]

Results

**Nizhny Novgorod**
Party	Vote	%	Seats
List 3 - Socialist-Revolutionaries and the Soviet of Peasants Deputies	314,004	54.15	6
List 7 - Bolsheviks	133,950	23.10	2
List 11 - Christian Union for Faith and Fatherland	48,428	8.35	1
List 12 - Kadets	34,726	5.99
List 8 - All Muslim Socialist Bloc	19,935	3.44
List 5 - Union of Old Believer Accord	16,230	2.80
List 2 - Mensheviks	7,634	1.32
List 10 - Popular Socialists	2,666	0.46
List 6 - Ukrainian Group	126	0.02
Unaccounted	2,198	0.38
Total:	579,897		9

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**Deputies Elected**
Sergius	Christian Unity
Fokeev	SR
Kutuzov	SR
Lukyanov	SR
Rakov	SR
Sumgin	SR
Tyurikov	SR
Danilov	Bolshevik
Romanov	Bolshevik

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The result given by Radkey, used in the table above, doesn't include List 4 - Cooperative Group, List 9 - Landowners and Progressive Democrats and List 1 - Voters Group of Gorbatovsky Uezd.^[8]

References

^ И. С. Малчевский (1930). Всероссийское учредительное собрание. Гос изд-во. pp. 140–142.
^ Б. Ф Додонов; Е. Д Гринько; О. В.. Лавинская (2004). Журналы заседаний Временного правительства: Сентябрь-октябрь 1917 года. РОССПЭН. pp. 206–208.
^ Татьяна Евгеньевна Новицкая (1991). Учредительное собрание: Россия 1918 : стенограмма и другие документы. Недра. p. 13.
^ Б. Ф Додонов; Е. Д Гринько; О. В.. Лавинская (2004). Журналы заседаний Временного правительства: Сентябрь-октябрь 1917 года. РОССПЭН. p. 207.
^ Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.
^ Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.
^ 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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Л. М Спирин (1987). Россия 1917 год: из истории борьбы политических партий. Мысль. pp. 273–328.
^ Лев Григорьевич Протасов (2008). Люди Учредительного собрания: портрет в интерьере эпохи. РОССПЭН. ISBN 978-5-8243-0972-0.

[Малчевский1930-140-142-1] 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.

[Новицкая1991-3] Татьяна Евгеньевна Новицкая (1991). Учредительное собрание: Россия 1918 : стенограмма и другие документы. Недра. p. 13.

[ДодоновГринько2004-4] Б. Ф Додонов; Е. Д Гринько; О. В.. Лавинская (2004). Журналы заседаний Временного правительства: Сентябрь-октябрь 1917 года. РОССПЭН. p. 207.

[Radkey1989-20-5] Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.

[Radkey1989-123-6] Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.

[Radkey1989-e-7] 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.

[Спирин1987-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Л. М Спирин (1987). Россия 1917 год: из истории борьбы политических партий. Мысль. pp. 273–328.

[Протасов2008-9] Лев Григорьевич Протасов (2008). Люди Учредительного собрания: портрет в интерьере эпохи. РОССПЭН. ISBN 978-5-8243-0972-0.

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v t e Electoral Districts of the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election
Northern/Northwestern	Arkhangelsk Olonets Vologda Petrograd Metropolis Petrograd Pskov Novgorod
Baltic/White Russian	Estonia Livonia Vitebsk Minsk Mogilev Smolensk
Central Industrial	Moscow Metropolis Moscow Tver Yaroslavl Kostroma Vladimir Kaluga Tula
Central Black Earth	Ryazan Oryol Kursk Voronezh Tambov Penza
Volga	Nizhni Novgorod Simbirsk Kazan Samara Saratov Astrakhan
Kama-Ural	Vyatka Perm Ufa Orenburg
Ukraine	Kiev Volynia Podolia Chernigov Poltava Kharkov Yekaterinoslav Kherson
Southern-Black Sea/Southeastern	Bessarabia Taurida Don Cossack Region Stavropol
Caucasus	Kuban-Black Sea Ter-Dagestan Pricaspian Transcaucasus
Turkestan	Horde Uralsk Turgai Transcaspian Samarkand Amu Darya Syr Darya Fergana Semirechie
Siberia	Tobolsk Steppes Tomsk Altai Yenisei Irkutsk Transbaikal Priamur Chinese Eastern Railroad Yakutsk Kamchatka
Military districts	Baltic Fleet Black Sea Fleet Northern Front Western Front South-Western Front Romanian Front Caucasian Front Russian forces in France and the Balkans