The Pricaspian electoral district, which included areas of the Kalmyk steppe of the Astrakhan Governorate, was thinly populated.

[3] The Pricaspian Oblast Election Commission was set up on September 16, 1917 by the Central Committee for the Kalmyk People's Administration (CCKPA).

[4] A list was submitted, signed by 137 electors, with the 33-year old lawyer Sandzhi Bayanovich Bayanov as its candidate.

[4] Due to late arrival of electoral material, the vote was postponed to November 26–28, 1917.

[4] The vote was reportedly held on these dates, in some places with very low turnout.