1886 Icelandic parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held inIcelandin June 1886.^[1]

Electoral system[edit]

The 30 elected members of theAlthingwere elected from single or double member constituencies by a three-round system; in the first two rounds, a candidate receiving a majority of the vote was elected; if seats were still unfilled after the second round, a third round was held usingfirst-past-the-post voting.^[2]Voting took place at a single polling place in each constituency and was done publicly.^[2]A further six members were appointed to the upper house by theDanish monarch.^[3]

Suffrage was limited to men aged 25 or over who were not in receipt of poor relief and who met one of several set requirements including being a 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 eightkrónaof local taxes; for property owners, paying twelvekrónaof local property taxes).^[3]This limited the number of voters to 6,648 from a population of 72,449.^[4]

Results[edit]

2,036 of the 6,648 registered voters participated in the elections.^[4]All candidates were independents, as there were no political parties in Iceland at the time.^[2]

References[edit]

^"Participation in general elections to the Althingi".Statistics Iceland.
^^a ^b ^cArend Lijphart & Bernard Grofman (2007).The Evolution of Electoral and Party Systems in the Nordic Countries.Algora Publishing. pp. 103–108.ISBN 978-0-87586-168-5.
^^a ^bDaniele Caramani (2017).Elections in Western Europe 1815–1996.Springer. p. 518.ISBN 978-1-349-65508-3.
^^a ^bDieter Nohlen& Philip Stöver (2010).Elections in Europe: A data handbook.Nomos. p. 963.ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.

[SI-1] "Participation in general elections to the Althingi".Statistics Iceland.

[AL-2] Arend Lijphart & Bernard Grofman (2007).The Evolution of Electoral and Party Systems in the Nordic Countries.Algora Publishing. pp. 103–108.ISBN 978-0-87586-168-5.

[DC-3] Daniele Caramani (2017).Elections in Western Europe 1815–1996.Springer. p. 518.ISBN 978-1-349-65508-3.

[NS-4] Dieter Nohlen& Philip Stöver (2010).Elections in Europe: A data handbook.Nomos. p. 963.ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.

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