The electoral district covered the Caucasian Front of the Russian Army.
They used their dominance of the soviets to campaign for national defence and against the Bolsheviks' 'peace now' line.
In several locations, the SRs excluded the Bolsheviks from local electoral committees.
[2] However, whilst the Caucasian Front soldiers supported the defencists line of the SR in the election, they nevertheless 'voted with their feet' and deserted the army en masse.
[4] However, the Ukrainian vote in Erzerum was missing in the source material available to Radkey.