Talk:Transcaucasus electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)

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Old version of vote counts

I'm updating the vote count per Suny (2019), I think the new reference settles the vote count for all 15 lists. Leaving below the text on comparison of Radkey, Spirin, on vote count,

Transcaucasus
Party Vote %

List 1 - Mensheviks 661,934 26.96

List 10 - Musavat Party 615,816 25.08

List 4 - Armenian Revolutionary Federation 558,440 22.74

List 12 - Muslim Socialist Bloc 159,770 6.51

List 3 - Socialist-Revolutionaries 117,522 4.79

List 5 - Bolsheviks 93,581 3.81

List 11 - Hummet 84,743 3.45

List 14 - Ittihad 66,505 2.71

List 8 - Georgian National Democrats 25,733 1.05

List 2 - Kadets 25,637 1.04

List 6 - Georgian Socialist-Federalists 22,754 0.93

List 7 - Armenian Populist Party 15,180 0.62

List 15 - Zionists 7,018 0.29

List 9 - Popular Socialists 570 0.02

List 13 - Transcaucasian Muslims 71 0.00

Total: 2,455,274

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Transcaucasus
per Spirin (1987)
Party Vote %

List 1 - Mensheviks 569,362 28.89

List 10 - Musavat Party 444,150 22.54

List 4 - Armenian Revolutionary Federation 436,333 22.14

List 12 - Muslim Socialist Bloc 140,143 7.11

List 3 - Socialist-Revolutionaries 105,553 5.36

List 5 - Bolsheviks 87,610 4.45

List 14 - Ittihad 66,162 3.36

List 11 - Hummet 34,463 1.75

List 2 - Kadets 24,612 1.25

List 8 - Georgian National Democrats 22,499 1.14

List 6 - Georgian Socialist-Federalists 19,042 0.97

List 7 - Armenian Populist Party 13,099 0.66

List 15 - Zionists 6,983 0.35

List 9 - Popular Socialists 514 0.03

List 13 - Western Transcaucasus Muslims 71 0.00

Total: 1,970,596

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The numbers in the column to the left originate from Hovannisian (1967)^[1] and Vestnik Evrazii (2004)^[2] The source for Vestnik Evrazii for the results stems from the State Archive of the Russian Federation.^[2]
These two references present a more complete account than that of U.S. historian Oliver Henry Radkey. Radkey’s account lists a total of 1,887,453 votes, including 215,121 unspecified 'residue' votes.^[4] Radkey’s effort to map the votes in Transcaucasus was frustrated by the insistence of Soviet source to lump parties like Musavat and Dashnaksiun into a single bloc.^[5]
Between Hovannisian and Vestnik Evrazii, the votes for the Mensheviks, Kadets, SRs and Bolsheviks are identical. Vestnik Evrazii presents the vote for the Popular Socialist list, which is not detailed in Hovannasian. Vestnik Evrazii groups the Dashnaks, the Muslim Socialist Bloc and Hummet together (825,672 votes) and 728,206 for Bourgeois parties (presumably including Musavat). In the case of Musavat, Hummet, Ittihad and Dashnaks, the figures from Hovannisian are used. Hovannisian does not present a total of votes, so the total from Vestnik Evrazii is utilized instead.
Comparing the account from Hovannisian with that of Swietochowski (2004)^[6] the numbers for the Mensheviks, Musavat, the Muslim Socialist Bloc, SRs, Hummet and Ittihad are identical. The minor discrepancies between Hovannisian and Swietochowski are different vote for Bolshevik list (93,581 in Hovannisian and Vestnik Evrazii, 95,581 in Switeochowski), the Dashnaks got 40 votes more in Swietochowski’s account and Swietochowski lists a total of 2,455,274 (plus 2,172 compared to Vestnik Evrazii).^[6] Maḣmudov (2004)^[7] and Balaev (1998)^[8] carries the same numbers as Swietochowski.
The results in the column to the right is from the account of Soviet historian L. M. Spirin.^[3] Spirin's total is missing about half a million votes compared to the other accounts.^[3]

--Soman (talk) 11:53, 2 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ ^a ^b Richard G. Hovannisian (1967). Armenia on the Road to Independence, 1918. University of California Press. pp. 108, 288. ISBN 978-0-520-00574-7.
^ ^a ^b ^c Вестник Евразии. изд-во дi-дик. 2004. p. 120.
^ ^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.
^ Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Swietochowski2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ I̐agub Maḣmudov (2004). Azärbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyäti ensiklopediyası. Lider Näşriyyat. p. 215.
^ Айдын Балаев (1998). Азербайджанское национальное движение в 1917-1918 гг. Елм. p. 126.

[Hovannisian1967-1] Richard G. Hovannisian (1967). Armenia on the Road to Independence, 1918. University of California Press. pp. 108, 288. ISBN 978-0-520-00574-7.

[vestnik-2] Вестник Евразии. изд-во дi-дик. 2004. p. 120.

[Спирин1987-3] Л. М Спирин (1987). Россия 1917 год: из истории борьбы политических партий. Мысль. pp. 273–328.

[Radkey1989-e-4] 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.

[Radkey1989-123-5] Oliver Henry Radkey (1989). Russia goes to the polls: the election to the all-Russian Constituent Assembly, 1917. Cornell University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8014-2360-4.

[Swietochowski2004-6] Cite error: The named reference Swietochowski2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Maḣmudov2004-7] I̐agub Maḣmudov (2004). Azärbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyäti ensiklopediyası. Lider Näşriyyat. p. 215.

[Балаев1998-8] Айдын Балаев (1998). Азербайджанское национальное движение в 1917-1918 гг. Елм. p. 126.

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