This law set up a Central Election Board of three members, which worked with the help of the Ethiopian Ministry of Interior.
"Given the attractive salary of deputies as well as the social status enjoyed by them, that competition was understandably keen.
The prospective voter was required to have lived in their electoral district for at least one year, not be disqualified by insanity, loss of civil rights pursuant to the penal code law, or be incarcerated.
According to Edmond Keller, "A candidate had to own at least E$ 850 in land in the constituency he proposed to represent, or he had to possess at least E$ 1,700 in moveable property."
Along with the relatively expensive cost of campaigning greatly restricted the number of people who could run for office.