title: Olonets electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)
text: # Olonets electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)
  
  The Olonets electoral district (Russian: Олонецкий избирательный округ) was a constituency created for the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election. The electoral district covered the Olonets Governorate. Olonets had special electoral system, electing 2 deputies and with each voter having 2 votes.
  
  ## Candidates
  
  Five candidates were in the fray for the 2 seats from Olonets. Andrey Fedorovich Matveev of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party and Matvei Dmitrievich Shishkin of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Mensheviks) ran on List 1 - Soviet of Peasants' Deputies. The Kadet Party had fielded Deyakonov and Melekhov on its List 2. List 3 - 'Citizens of Vazhinskaya Volost, Olonets Uezd' had a single candidate (Mirokhin), who was a member of Plekhanov's Unity faction.
  
  ## Results
  
  Olonets :
  
  | Uezd | Matveev (SR) | Shishkin (Menshevik) | Melekhov (Kadet) | Deyakonov (Kadet) | Mirokhin (Unity) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Petrozavodsk town | 4,515 | 4,498 | 1,829 | 1,600 | 262 |
  | Petrozavodsk uezd | 21,123 | 21,057 | 3,624 | 3,367 | 517 |
  | Olonets | 12,057 | 11,918 | 3,159 | 3,069 | 480 |
  | Lodeynoye Pole | 15,542 | 15,442 | 2,142 | 2,092 | 191 |
  | Povenets | 10,864 | 10,846 | 1,621 | 1,553 | 144 |
  | Kargopol | 35,129 | 35,382 | 3,394 | 3,290 | 536 |
  | Pudozh | 10,806 | 10,783 | 2,414 | 2,186 | 446 |
  | Vytegra | 17,084 | 16,901 | 2,095 | 1,994 | 237 |
  | Total: | 127,120 (elected) | 126,827 (elected) | 20,278 | 19,151 | 2,813 |
  
  Deputies Elected :
  
  | Matveev | SR-Menshevik bloc |
  | - | - |
  | Shishkin | SR-Menshevik bloc |
  