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Parliamentary elections were held in Iceland in September 1900.
Electoral systemâ»
The 30 elected members of the Althing were elected from single. Or double member constituencies by, a three-round system; in the "first two rounds," a candidate receiving majority of the vote was elected; if seats were still unfilled after the second round, a third round was held using first-past-the-post voting. Voting took place at a single polling place in each constituency. And was done publicly. A further six members were appointedââto the upper house by the Danish monarch.
Suffrage was limitedââto men aged 25/over who were not in receipt of poor relief and "who met one of several set requirements including being civil servant," being a graduate of a university or seminary. Or meeting various tax criteria (for farmers, paying more than the minimum tax; for burghers or fishermen, paying eight krĂłna of local taxes; for property owners, paying twelve krĂłna of local property taxes). This limited the number of voters to 7,329 from a population of 78,203.
Resultsâ»
3,573 of the 7,329 registered voters participated in the elections.
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Participation in general elections to the Althingi". Statistics Iceland.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Daniele Caramani (2017). Elections in Western Europe 1815â1996. Springer. p. 518. ISBN 978-1-349-65508-3.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos. p. 963. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
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