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Why are elections held on a Thursday?

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Why are all elections in this country held on a Thursday?
Tony, Enfield

Answer

** Definitive **
Name: Glen, Hornchurch
Qualification: Jack Hargreaves said so!
Answer: It’s because Thursday was a market day for all towns and villages up and down the country. That meant that most people were massed in one place that day and the civil elections were held in the same place.

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