District Quotas

The size of district quotas (i.e., the number of votes required for election) has varied over time with changes in the

number of eligible voters, the number of districts and the number of valid votes. The Table below shows the quota

size for all districts and elections (except the 1939 and 1945 elections).

Size of District Quotas, 1921 - 2008

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

8th

9th

10th

11th

12th

13th

Min.

Avg.

Max

1921

372

480

588

569

572

449

510

559

372

512

588

1924

441

607

718

670

648

549

595

591

441

602

718

1927

544

844

1,176

959

1,109

834

794

634

544

862

1,176

1932

739

1,340

1,795

1,233

1,473

1,231

991

864

739

1,208

1,795

1947

2,113

2,625

2,117

2,133

2,399

2,228

2,217

1,755

2,198

2,625

1950

2,167

2,797

2,057

2,056

2,390

2,327

2,140

1,765

2,212

2,797

1951

2,328

2,955

2,186

2,346

2,464

2,473

2,173

1,850

2,347

2,955

1953

2,554

3,145

2,328

2,375

2,571

2,532

2,359

1,883

2,468

3,145

1955

2,496

3,181

2,395

2,486

2,576

2,631

2,405

1,942

2,514

3,181

1962

2,788

2,720

2,342

2,430

2,362

2,400

2,829

2,491

2,501

2,244

2,511

2,829

1966

2,511

2,485

2,361

2,325

2,318

2,284

2,718

2,449

2,365

2,081

2,390

2,718

1971

2,700

2,454

2,618

2,775

2,718

2,725

2,766

2,469

2,403

2,270

2,590

2,775

1976

2,491

2,605

2,650

2,616

2,603

2,793

2,659

2,569

2,743

2,592

2,659

2,606

2,662

2,491

2,634

2,793

1981

2,673

2,847

2,789

2,804

2,920

2,942

2,916

2,979

2,922

2,846

2,943

2,925

2,861

2,673

2,874

2,979

1987

2,872

3,053

2,987

2,943

3,073

3,143

2,928

3,053

3,153

2,913

3,109

3,074

2,901

2,872

3,016

3,153

1992

3,097

3,185

3,274

2,983

3,299

3,130

3,190

3,108

3,198

3,142

3,339

3,148

3,105

2,983

3,169

3,339

1996

3,368

3,314

3,329

3,456

3,320

3,294

3,519

3,245

3,249

3,361

3,420

3,346

3,323

3,245

3,350

3,519

1998

3,265

3,315

3,405

3,441

3,402

3,301

3,642

3,265

3,257

3,404

3,535

3,470

3,389

3,257

3,392

3,642

2003

3,379

3,542

3,681

3,550

3,787

3,446

3,709

3,618

3,476

3,591

3,744

3,771

3,748

3,379

3,619

3,787

2008

3,583

3,712

3,799

3,660

3,752

3,757

3,797

3,750

3,651

3,633

3,831

3,592

3,958

3,583

3,729

3,958

The Figure below uses the above numbers; but it shows more clearly the wide disparities in district quotas

until such disparities were reduced by law.