I m a bit confused as to the figures quoted for votes etc in some of the older elections In former times before 1900 for sure a large number of seats would have been uncontested Rremember that a borough county might return up to three members and as I understand it from what I have read if there were more than the requisite number of persons nominated to stand and often there would be no additional challengers a show of hands would first be taken and a result declared on that basis If one of the nominated persons objected to the result a poll result and votes counted How is the vote for these constituencies managed in say the United Kingdom general election 2C 1895 page Is the vote for the entire electorate placedinto the pot for the winning party or are they left out entirey