1896 Cypriot legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Cyprus between 4 and 6 November 1896. Electoral system The Legislative Council consisted of six official members appointed by the High Commissioner and twelve elected members, three of which were Muslims and nine of which were non-Muslims.Kyritsi Thekla Kyritsi Thekla Christofis Nikos Cypriot Nationalisms in Context: History, Identity and Politics Engendering Nationalism in Modern Cyprus: The First Women's Organizations 2018 Palgrave Macmillan 978-3-319-97803-1 10.1007/978-3-319-97804-8 96 https://books.google.com/books?id=1559DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA96 The island was divided into three constituencies, each formed of two districts.An unexplored case of political change Workshop on Electoral Processes and Cleaves in Southern Europe Each constituency elected one Muslim and three non-Muslims. Muslim voters had one vote, whilst non-Muslims could vote for up to three candidates.Yiannos Katsourides (2014) The History of the Communist Party in Cyprus: Colonialism, Class and the Cypriot Left, Bloomsbury, pp21, 50–52 Due to the high levels of illiteracy, voting was not secret, with voters required to tell the polling officers their candidates of choice, which they were required to do in front of the candidates or their agents. Suffrage was limited to men aged over 21 who had been permanent residents during the five years prior to the elections, and who had paid either the verghi tax (which was levied as an annual payment of one four-thousandth of a property's value, 4% of rental income or 3% on profits or salaries) or rent for a dwelling or shop within the last year. The number of registered voters for the non-Muslim seats increased from 10,030 in 1891 to 12,093,Vasileios Protopapas (2011) Εκλογική ιστορία της Κύπρου: πολιτευτές, κόμματα και εκλογές στην Αγγλοκρατία (1878-1960) p155 while the number of Muslim voters increased from 2,303 to 2,670.The Cyprus Blue Book 1894–1895 p92The Cyprus Blue Book 1897–1898 pp96–97 Campaign Muslim The Larnaca–Famagusta constituency was contested by Evkaf official Ahmed Nafiz, lawyer Ahmed Mumtaz, Ahmed Naim and editor of the Zaman newspaper Ahmed Dervish.Christos Kyriakides (2015) Το Κυπριακό Νομοθετικό Συμβούλιο (1878-1937) : Ίδρυση λειτουργία και κοινοβουλευτικές αντιπαραθέσεις : συνταγματικές ελευθερίες υπό περιορισμό και αμφισβήτηση University of Cyprus, p2526.11.1891: Οι γεvικές εκλoγές τoυ 1896. Σχηματίζovται oι πρώτoι συvδυασμoί υπoψηφίωv. Αρχίζoυv πρoεκλoγικές εκστρατείες. http://www.papademetris.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=752:s-195&catid=88:1889-1896-2&Itemid=110/ www.papademetris.net 22 January 2024 The Limassol–Paphos constituency was contested by lawyer Ahmed Rashid Hadji Mehmet, landowner Emin Moustafa and merchant Hafuz Ramadan Eyoub. The Nicosia–Kyrenia constituency was contested by incumbent MLC Hadji Hafuz Zyai, Mehmed Faik Bey, Abdullah Nadri and Hadji Halil Effendi Mehmed. Non-Muslim For the first time since the 1883 elections, all three non-Muslim seats were contested.Protopapas, p165 Results Muslim seats In the Muslim seats, 1,540 of the 2,670 registered voters voted. ConstituencyElected memberNotesLarnaca–FamagustaAhmed DervishLimassol–PaphosHafuz Ramadan EyoubNicosia–KyreniaHadji Hafuz ZyaiRe-electedSource: Cyprus Blue Book Non-Muslim seats Voting took place in Nicosia–Kyrenia on 4 November, in Larnaca–Famagusta on 5 and 6 November and in Limassol–Paphos on 6 November.Protopapas, pp168–171 ConstituencyCandidateVotes%NotesLarnaca–FamagustaIoannis Economidis1,84083.0Re-electedAchillea Liasides1,68676.0Re-electedIoannis Vontitsianos1,62673.3ElectedNikolaos Rossos78135.2UnseatedO. Iasonidis1868.4Limassol–PaphosOnufrios Iasonidis38570.1ElectedKyrillos Papadopoulos37167.7ElectedSocrates Fragoudis26147.5Re-electedGeorgios Pavlidis23142.1UnseatedNicosia–KyreniaTheofanis Theodotou1,51283.6ElectedPaschalis Constantinides1,48882.3Re-electedYerasimo Christodulides1,46380.9ElectedMiltiadis Siakallis43323.9Total ballots cast4,575 Registered voters/turnout12,09337.83Source: Protopapas Aftermath All non-Muslim elected members saw out their full five-year terms until the next elections in 1901.Protopapas, p171 References Legislative Category:Legislative elections in Cyprus Cyprus