The Samara electoral district () was a constituency created for the 1917 Russian Constituent Assembly election.
The electoral district covered the Samara Governorate. Electoral turnout reportedly stood at 54.86%. Out of 95 different candidate lists submitted, 79 turned down by the electoral authorities (out of which approx 42 due to late submission). The constituency had large German and Tatar minorities. The German socialist list (list no. 1) had four candidates, Walter Müller from Petrograd, Robert Haffner from Samara, Arthur Feidel from Katharinenstadt and Philipp Leisle from Warenburg.Victor Herdt. Zwischen Revolution und Autonomie: Dokumente zur Geschichte der Wolgadeutschen aus den Jahren 1917 und 1918. Verlag Wissenschaft und Politik, 2000. p. 359
In Samara city the Bolsheviks polled 42% of the vote, the SRs 27% and Kadets 14%. In , consisting of seven German settlements, 2,213 votes (53.53%) were cast for the German non-socialist list against 1,894 votes (45.82%) for the German socialist list. The remaining votes were split between 6 votes for the SR list, 5 votes for the Bashkir Federalist list, 4 votes for the Bolsheviks, 4 votes for the Unity list, 3 votes for the Ukrainian list, 2 votes for the Popular Socialists, 2 votes for the Old Believer list and 1 single vote for the Menshevik list. There were 29 invalid votes. All in all, out of the 7,747 eligible voters 56.58% participated in the vote in the volost, with results raging from over 95% for the German socialists in and 92% for the German non-socialists in Lauwe.Das Ergebenis der Wahlen, in Der Kolonist, November 24, 1917. p. 2
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