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POLITICAL
N a m e of Electoral Dirisien.
Number of Representatives.
Number of
Registered Elector? at 1M.
General Election.
Every male person
being either an Ottoman
or a British subject, or
having resided in the
Island not less than five
years, who has attained
the age of 21 years and
who is a payer of any
class of the taxes called
Verghi, and has, on or
before the day appointed
for the makiDg of the
Voters' Lists in any year
paid in respect of any Elec–
toral District all Verghis
payable by him up to
the 13th day of January
(
u
new style ") previous,
is entitled to be registered
as, a voter, and, when so
registered, to vote at the
election of Members for
such District. Every
Elector may vote for as
many candidates in his
District as there are Mem–
bers to be elected for
whom he is entitled to
vote ; he may only give
one vote to any candidate,
but he need not vote for
the full number to be
elected
The Island is divided
into three Electoral Dis–
tricts, as follows :—
1st Electoral Distinct
Comprising the Cazas of
Nikosia and Kyrenia.
2nd Electoral Disinct
Comprising the Cazas of
Famagusta and Larnaca.
3rd Electoral District
Comprising the Cazas of
Limassol and Papho.
Four, one elected
by the Mahometan
^and three by the
non-Mahometan
^Electors.
Mahometan
520
Non-Mahometan
3,159
Do.
Do.
TOTAL.
— Three
elected by the Ma–
hometan and nine
by the non-Maho–
metan Electors.
Mahometan
1,128
Non-Mahometan
4,466
Mahometan
555
Non-Mahometan
2,405
TOTAL.
Mahometan
2,203
N on-Mahometan
10,02