[2] The Althing was composed of 26 members, twenty of which were elected and six of which were appointed by the monarch.
The twenty members were elected in single-member constituencies by plurality voting.
Each voter had two votes, with the runner-up becoming the MP's deputy.
[3] Voting was restricted to male property owners over the age of 25.
[2] The constituencies were the counties of Iceland in addition to Reykjavík, the country's capital and only market town at the time.