Yakutsk electoral district
Constituency of the Russian Republic
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The Yakutsk electoral district (Russian: Якутский избирательный округ) was a constituency created for the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election. The electoral district covered the Yakutsk Oblast.[3] Four candidate lists were in the fray; List 1 - Yakutian Labour Union of Federalists, List 2 - Socialist-Revolutionaries, List 3 - Mensheviks and List 4 - Kadets.[4]
| Yakutsk | |
|---|---|
| Former Civilian constituency for the All-Russian Constituent Assembly | |
| |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1917 |
| Abolished | 1918 |
| Number of members | 2 |
| Number of Uyezd Electoral Commissions | 5 |
| Number of Urban Electoral Commissions | 1 |
| Number of Parishes | 47 |
| Sources: | [1][2] |
The Mensheviks fielded M. T. Popov as their candidate, the Kadets D. A. Kochnev, G. V. Ksenofontov stood as the federalist candidate and V. S. Pankratov was fielded by the Socialist-Revolutionaries.[5][6] As of May 1917 the Menshevik centre had sent M. T. Popov, from the Agitation and Literary Section of the Petrograd Soviet to Yakutsk.[7][8] Popov was a noted for his rhetorical skills.[8]
Results
| Party | Vote | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| List 1 - Yakutian Labour Union of Federalists | 1,541 | 43.02 | 1 |
| List 2 - Socialist-Revolutionaries | 1,208 | 33.72 | 1 |
| List 4 - Kadets | 586 | 16.36 | |
| List 3 - Mensheviks | 247 | 6.90 | |
| Total: | 3,582 | 2 |
| Xenophonov | Federal Labour Union |
| Pankratov | SR |