Ottoman general election, 1877 (second)

General elections were held in the Ottoman Empire during the second half of 1877. It was the last elections of the 19th century in the Ottoman Empire, as the Sultan Abdulhamid II dissolved the Parliament a short time later.

Background

The first general elections in the country's history were previously held in 1877, after a new Ottoman constitution was promulgated in December 1876. The new parliament opened on 19 March 1877 with a planned legislative period of three months. After a ten-day extension, which had agreed to Sultan Abdulhamid II, it was dissolved on June 28.

Article 119 of the Constitution demanded a new election law, which should come at the time of the second elections to use. However, it was, although it was adopted by the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate talking and was not a law, so that the choice in line with the previous system was held. The Preliminary election regulation, which was adopted on 29 October 1876 stated that the elected members of the provincial board members should select the members of parliament. The candidacy was restricted to men over 30 who were the Ottoman language powerful and had full civil rights. Reasons for exclusion were the choice of the possession of dual citizenship, the work for a foreign government, bankruptcy, work as a servant or a "bad reputation for its actions."

Aftermath

The newly elected Parliament held its first meeting on December 13, 1877, but was postponed by the Sultan on 14 February 1878 on the pretext of the Russian Turkish War in 1877. It took until the Young Turk Revolution in 1908 together no more again.