An Act to amend the Law relating to Procedure at Parliamentary and Municipal Elections.
Citation
35 & 36 Vict. c. 33
Introduced by
Edward Aldam Leatham
Territorial extent
England and Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Dates
Royal assent
18 July 1872
Commencement
18 July 1872
Expired
31 December 1880
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
Parliamentary Elections Act 1698
Parliamentary Elections, New Shoreham Act 1771
Parliamentary Elections (Cricklade) Act 1782
Oaths at Parliamentary Elections Act 1794
Oaths at Parliamentary Elections Act 1802
Parliamentary Elections Act 1803
Parliamentary Elections, Aylesbury Act 1804
Bribery, East Retford Act 1830
Burghs, etc. (Scotland) Act 1834
Royal Burghs, etc. (Scotland) Act 1834
Parliamentary Elections (Scotland) Act 1834
Parliamentary Elections (No. 2) Act 1836
Parliamentary Elections (Ireland) Act 1846
Parliamentary Elections (Scotland) Act 1855
Parliamentary Elections Act 1862
Parliamentary Elections (Scotland) Act 1865
Relates to
Representation of the People Act 1949 (UK)
Electoral Act 1963 (RoI)
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
The Ballot Act 1872[1] (35 & 36 Vict. c. 33) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that introduced the requirement for parliamentary and local government elections in the United Kingdom to be held by secret ballot.[2][3][4] The act abolished the traditional hustings system of nomination and election in Britain.[5]
^ abThis short title was conferred on this act by section 33 of this act.
^archive.org: "The Ballot Act, 1872, with an Introduction: Forming a Guide to the Procedure at Parliamentary and Municipal Elections", p. 97 (Fitzgerald, London, 1876)
^telegraph.co.uk: "Our voting system is flawed, but politicians don't seem to care" (Moore) 30 May 2014
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