Novgorod electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)

The Novgorod electoral district (Russian: Новгородский избирательный округ) was a constituency created for the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election. The electoral district covered the Novgorod Governorate.^[3] Eight seats in the Constituent Assembly were assigned to the Novgorod constituency.^[4]

Novgorod
Former Civilian constituency for the All-Russian Constituent Assembly
Former constituency
Created	1917
Abolished	1918
Number of members	8
Number of Uyezd Electoral Commissions	11
Number of Urban Electoral Commissions	1
Number of Parishes	245
Sources:	[1][2]

Whilst Novgorod was an agrarian province, the Bolsheviks obtained a good vote. This might have been because many inhabitants were accustomed to perform seasonal work in nearby Petrograd.^[5] 4 local peasants lists did not qualify to run in the election.^[6]

Results

Novgorod Party Vote % Seats % List 4 - Socialist-Revolutionaries 220,665 45.36 4 44.44 List 6 - Bolsheviks 203,658 41.87 5 55.56 List 3 - Kadets 31,484 6.47 List 1 - Popular Socialists 10,314 2.12 List 9 - Mensheviks 9,336 1.92 List 7 - Union of Landowners 7,804 1.60 List 2 - Homeowners and Landowners of Novgorod Governorate 1,178 0.24 List 8 - Union of Cooperativists 1,123 0.23 List 5 - Unity 860 0.18 Total: 486,422 9 [7]

Deputies Elected Gukovsky SR Kobyakov SR Leontiev SR Sokolov SR Ermakov Bolshevik Pashin Bolshevik Trotsky Bolshevik Uritsky Bolshevik Valentinov Bolshevik [8]