1896 Cypriot Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in Cyprus between 4 and 6 November 1896. Electoral system The Legislative Council of Cyprus, Legislative Council consisted of six official members appointed by the List of colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus, High Commissioner and twelve elected members, three of which were Muslims and nine of which were non-Muslims. The island was divided into three constituencies, each formed of two Districts of Cyprus, 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)

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Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geographically in Western Asia, its cultural ties and geopolitics are overwhelmingly Southern European. Cyprus is the third-largest and third-most populous island in the Mediterranean. It is located north of Egypt, east of Greece, south of Turkey, and west of Lebanon and Syria. Its capital and largest city is Nicosia. The northeast portion of the island is ''de facto'' governed by the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which was established after the 1974 invasion and which is recognised as a country only by Turkey. The earliest known human activity on the island dates to around the 10th millennium BC. Archaeological remains include the well-preserved ruins from the Hellenistic period such as Salamis and Kourion, and Cypr ...
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