in copenhagen, half the electors were elected by the voters paying the largest amount of tax, and the other half by all the voters. in the rest of the country, one elector was elected by the voters in each parish in the countryside and half as many electors were elected in the market towns by the same system as in copenhagen. then for each elector elected in the parishes and the market towns, one elector was found among those that paid the greatest amount of tax in the parishes. as the main direct tax of the time was based on real estate and its value as farmland, this system greatly favored manor owners. the result was a conservative majority lasting 35 years, until the 1902 election.