[3] Across Russia, electoral districts for the Constituent Assembly election generally followed governorate or oblast boundaries.

Muslim representatives had argued against this proposal, and in the end the Russian electoral authorities opted for a single Transcaucasian constituency.

[5] The vote was held in Transcaucasus November 26–28, within two weeks of the formation of the Transcaucasian Commissariat (Zavakom).

[8] Whilst the Mensheviks were the most voted party, in Transcaucasus Menshevism had become intertwined with Georgian nationalism.

[10] There were clashes reported between Musavat and Ittihad and between the Muslim Socialist Bloc and Hummet, although no major disruptions on the polling day.

[10] Ittihad won the elections in the rural areas of Baku uezd, in the villages of the Absheron Peninsula.