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POLITICAL
FRANCHISE.
N a m e of Electoral Di-mion Number of Sepreaentatirea j
Namber of
registered
Elpcrnrs at inst
Gcncni Electinn
Number of
Voters at last
Genera! Election
Date of kit
General Election
Remarki
Tbe Island ig divided
1
into three Electoral!
Districts. aB follows :i
1 st Electoral District \ Four: one elected by
Comprisiu-jthfCazasi the Mahometan and
of Nicosia and Kyre-j three by the non-
:>ia
Mahometan Electors
or// Electoral District'
Comprising tut-Cazas;
of Limassoi and!
Paphos
!
Mahometan :
4.261
Non-Mahometan
19,832
2nd Electoral District]
Oi >mprising the Cazas j
of Famagusta anil j
Larnaca
do.
ao.
T O T A L . — T h r e e elected
by the Mahometan
and nine by the non-
Mahometan Electors
Mahometan : 3rd November,
1,522 (a) | 1921.
Non-Mahometanl
Co i
Mahometan :
5.279
I V
Mahometan:
3,477 (c)
Nou-Mahometan, Non-Mahometan;
14,385
('')
Mahometan :
3,623
Non-Mahometan
14,342
TOTAL.—
Mahometan *.
13,163
Non-Mahometan
49 109
Mahometan :
2,460 (e) ,
Non-Mahometan'
•'/;
do.
do.
(«) The poll wu
oaken on the 10th
November, 1921.
(b; N o poll tool-
place ac last
General Election.
(c) The poll wu
taken on the 12th
Nov.. 1921.
(d) No Election
took place.
.e) The poll WM
taken on the Uth
Nov.,
(J) N o Election
took nlace.
Every iiiaie person beine cith*-r nn Ottoman or a British Subject, or having resided in rhe Island not less thanfiveyean,
•.viii- .ias iiiraiiiud the age of -\ years and who is a payer oi" any class of the taxes culled Verchi, ami has. on or before the day
appointed for the mukimr of -he Voters' Lists in any year paid in respect of any Electoral District all Verghi payable by him
up to the 13th day of January ("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.
His late Majesty's Order in Council, ilated (-.th July, 1P<)7, providing for the formation of the Legislative Council, direct!
that there shall h- u session once at least in each year so that a period of twelve calendar months do not intervene between
tbe lost sitting* in one session and thefirstsitting in the next session.
Duration o. session about twelve weeks.
The High Commissioner may prorogue or dissolve the Council whenever he thinkstit,hut, unless sooner dissolved, the
Elective Members hold their seats until the expiration of five years from the return of thefirstwrits at the last General
Election.