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POLITICAL FRANCHISE.
N a m e of Elf-ct-irai Dm-inn iNumfaer of Re|>retH-ntativt-*-1
"Sumlw-r of
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Eli-cror.s at '.act
(irnr-ml Electiou
Number of . , , . _
Voters ar last I „
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(iern;rai Election General Election
Remark*
T h e Island is divided;
into three Electoral'
Districts, as follow* :
;
Is* litertnral ftisiric
1
' F o u r : one elected by
(VunprisingtheCazas the M a h o m e t a n and
of Nicosia and Kyr<- three by the Chris-
n ia
n a n Elector**
2nd Electoral District _
Comprising the Cazas |
of Famagusta and I
Lamaca
Zrd Electoral District\
Comprising the Cazas |
of f.irnassol and:
Paphos
do.
do.
T O T A L . — T h r e e elected)
by the Mahometan I
and nine by the
Christian Electors
Mahometan :
:_.:\'J-2
Christian :
i G.r>S4
Mahometan :
3,157
Christian :
12.314
Mahometan :
••5.175
! Christian :
13,173
I
T O T A L . —
1 Mahometan :
9,654
Christian :
42,071
Mahometan :
in)
Christian :
fi.61'1 (b)
Mahometan:
1,801
Christian :
5,732
Mahometan :
2,191
Christian :
6,038
4th October,
1916.
do.
do.
(«i No poll lok
place at last
General Election
(/*) The poll IM
taken no 12thand
13th Oct.. 1916.
T h e poll was ukei
on the Uth Oct.
1916.
T h e poll was uta
ou the llth Oct.,
1916.
Rye***.* "ii*?••.• ]•••--> v. I "::•*.' pith**!- :.<! * trrnii-nri •••: a P»:*ir;s!« -oibje.-i. ur havi*-**; resided in *iie Inland n m less thanfiveyear?.
whi.' has i:*ain*'d ri:*- a'."*
1
of -J! vears and w h o is a
of any cla-** of tin- taxes eall-'d Verghi. and has. on or before th.dw
appoint--! !'.»r tin- rnakin*.** •»'* th'.- Voter-." List** in any year paid in ivsji<-«*t of any Electoral district al! Verghi payable by him
up Lo !!:-• I-".tii 'lay of .I.-!i:':::ry "* N\ov Style"" j-r'.*v M U S . is entitled to be rv*.'ist cred as a voter, and. w h e n so registered, to vo:e il
the elect i-m of M e m b e r s for such District.
His lat*- Majesty** Order in O o n w i l . dated <--.rh .Inly. 1907. providing for the format
:
o:i of the Legislative Council, directl
that there shall be a session once at least in each year so that a period of twelve calendar m o n t h s do uot intervene between
the lust sitting in one session and thefirstsittiiiL" in the next session.
Duration of session about twelve weeks.
Tiie High C o n i m N M o n e r m a y prorogue or dissolve the Council whenever he thinksfit.hut, unless sooner dissolved.tin
Elective M e m b e r s I mid :::e*r «eats until the expiration of five years from the return of the first writs al the last fiend
Election.