Novgorod | |
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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] |
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]
Whilst Novgorod was an agrarian province, the Bolsheviks obtained a good vote. This might have been due to the fact that 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]