Vladimir electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)

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.[3] Vladimir was heavily industrialized, second only to Moscow itself. There were many textile mills in Ivanovo-Voznesensky.[4] Out of 11 lists submitted, 7 were approved whilst 4 non-partisan peasants' lists were denied registration.[5]

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
Sources:[1][2]

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

[6][7]
Deputies Elected
Makeev SR
Sokolov SR
Spiridonova SR
Frunze Bolshevik
Kiselyov Bolshevik
Lomov-Oppokov Bolshevik
Lyubimov Bolshevik
Naumov Bolshevik
Zhidelev Bolshevik

[8]

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%.[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.[7]

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.[7]

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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