Kazan electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)

Kazan
Kazan
Former Civilian constituency; for the All-Russian Constituent Assembly
Former constituency
Created	1917
Abolished	1918
Number of members	12
Number of Uyezd Electoral Commissions	12
Number of Urban Electoral Commissions	1
Number of Parishes	182
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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%).^[8] 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%).^[8]

Results

**Kazan**
Party	Vote	%
List 11 - The Kazan Governorate Organization of the Socialist-Revolutionaries and the Soviet of Peasants Deputies	264,158	30.77
List 1 - The All Chuvash National Congress, the Chuvash Military Committees and the Chuvash Organization of the Socialist Revolutionary Party	226,496	26.38
List 10 - Muslim Socialist Committee	153,151	17.84
List 4 - Kazan Governorate Muslim Assembly	99,080	11.54
List 7 - Bolsheviks	51,936	6.05
List 2 - Kadets	31,728	3.70
List 6 - Orthodox Clergy and Laymen of the Kazan Governorate	12,322	1.44
List 9 - Right-wing Socialist-Revolutionaries	9,820	1.14
List 5 - Mensheviks	4,906	0.57
List 3 - Cooperatives and Independent Socialists	2,993	0.35
List 8 - Agricultural-Artisan-Commercial-Industrial group	2,001	0.23
Total:	858,591

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**Deputies Elected**
Alyunov	Chuvash
Nikolaev	Chuvash
Vasiliev	Chuvash
Alkin	Muslim Socialist
Waxitov	Muslim Socialist
Kolegaev	SR
Martyushin	SR
Mayorov	SR
Mokhov	SR
Sukhanov	SR
Khalfin	Muslim Assembly
Salekhov	Muslim Assembly

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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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. pp. 29, 148. 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. 98. 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. 30. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Л. М Спирин (1987). Россия 1917 год: из истории борьбы политических партий. Мысль. pp. 273–328.
^ 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.
^ 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-chu-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. pp. 29, 148. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.

[Radkey1989-98-6] Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.

[Radkey1989-30-7] Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.

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

[Radkey1989-e-9] 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.

[Протасов2008-10] 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