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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 28 October 1911. [1]

Electoral system

The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or double member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with six members appointed to the upper house by the Danish monarch. [2] [3] Suffrage was limited to men aged 25 or over and who met one of several set requirements including being a civil servant, holding a medical (or similar) degree, being a graduate of a university or seminary, or paying tax of at least four króna (or for farmers, any level of tax), and who were not in receipt of poor relief. [3]

Results

10,303 of the 13,136 registered voters participated in the elections. [4]

References

  1. ^ "Participation in general elections to the Althingi". Statistics Iceland.
  2. ^ Arend Lijphart & Bernard Grofman (2007). The Evolution of Electoral and Party Systems in the Nordic Countries. Algora Publishing. p. 103. ISBN  978-0-87586-168-5.
  3. ^ a b Daniele Caramani (2017). Elections in Western Europe 1815–1996. Springer. p. 518. ISBN  978-1-349-65508-3.
  4. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p963 ISBN  978-3-8329-5609-7
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 28 October 1911. [1]

Electoral system

The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single or double member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with six members appointed to the upper house by the Danish monarch. [2] [3] Suffrage was limited to men aged 25 or over and who met one of several set requirements including being a civil servant, holding a medical (or similar) degree, being a graduate of a university or seminary, or paying tax of at least four króna (or for farmers, any level of tax), and who were not in receipt of poor relief. [3]

Results

10,303 of the 13,136 registered voters participated in the elections. [4]

References

  1. ^ "Participation in general elections to the Althingi". Statistics Iceland.
  2. ^ Arend Lijphart & Bernard Grofman (2007). The Evolution of Electoral and Party Systems in the Nordic Countries. Algora Publishing. p. 103. ISBN  978-0-87586-168-5.
  3. ^ a b Daniele Caramani (2017). Elections in Western Europe 1815–1996. Springer. p. 518. ISBN  978-1-349-65508-3.
  4. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p963 ISBN  978-3-8329-5609-7

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