The Young Turk Revolution in July resulted in the restoration of the 1876 constitution, ushering in the Second Constitutional Era, and the reconvening of the 1878 parliament, bringing back many of the surviving members of that parliament; the restored parliament's single legislation was a decree to formally dissolve itself and call for new elections.
The Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), the driving force behind the revolution, was in an advantageous position for the election. Because it was still a secret organization, the CUP did not organize itself into a party until well after the elections in its 1909 Congress at Selanik (Thessaloniki).
In the lead up to the election, Mehmed Sabahaddin's League for Private Initiative and Decentralization [tr] established itself as the Liberty Party. The Liberty Party was liberal in outlook, bearing a strong British imprint and was closer to the Palace. It hardly had time to organize itself for the election.
The elections were held in two stages. In the first stage, voters elected secondary electors (one for the first 750 voters in a constituency, then one for every additional 500 voters). In the second stage the secondary electors elected the members of the Chamber of Deputies.[1] The CUP was successful in abolishing quotas for non-Muslim populations, by amending the electoral to instead stipulate one deputy to every 50,000 males.[2]
Resultsedit
The Committee of Union and Progress, the main driving force behind the revolution, could count on the support of about 60 deputies,[3] gaining the upper hand against the Liberty Party. Many independents were elected to the parliament, mostly from the Arab provinces. The new parliament consisted of 147 Turks, 60 Arabs, 27 Albanians, 26 Greeks, 14 Armenians, 10 Slavs, and four Jews.[1]
Following the electoral victory, the CUP transformed itself from a clandestine organization to a political party. Before that would happen though, Abdulhamid II (r. 1876–1909) would attempt to regain his autocracy in what would be known as the 31 March incident.
^ abcdMyron E. Weiner, Ergun Özbudun (1987) Competitive Elections in Developing Countries, Duke University Press, p334
^Hasan Kayalı (1995) Elections and the Electoral Process in the Ottoman Empire, 1876–1919, Cambridge University Press, p276
^Philip Mansel, "Constantinople City of the Worlds Desire" quoted in Straits: The origins of the Dardanelles campaign
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1908, ottoman, general, election, general, elections, were, held, november, december, 1908, seats, chamber, deputies, ottoman, empire, following, young, turk, revolution, which, established, second, constitutional, they, were, first, elections, contested, orga. General elections were held in November and December 1908 for all 288 seats of the Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire following the Young Turk Revolution which established the Second Constitutional Era They were the first elections contested by organised political parties 1 1908 Ottoman general elections 1877 November December 1908 1912 288 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 1 Grand Vizier before election Kamil Pasha Elected Grand Vizier Kamil Pasha CUPTalat Bey and a group of Unionists in front of the CUP headquarters in Salonica Contents 1 Background 2 Electoral system 3 Results 4 Aftermath 5 See also 6 ReferencesBackground editThe Young Turk Revolution in July resulted in the restoration of the 1876 constitution ushering in the Second Constitutional Era and the reconvening of the 1878 parliament bringing back many of the surviving members of that parliament the restored parliament s single legislation was a decree to formally dissolve itself and call for new elections The Committee of Union and Progress CUP the driving force behind the revolution was in an advantageous position for the election Because it was still a secret organization the CUP did not organize itself into a party until well after the elections in its 1909 Congress at Selanik Thessaloniki In the lead up to the election Mehmed Sabahaddin s League for Private Initiative and Decentralization tr established itself as the Liberty Party The Liberty Party was liberal in outlook bearing a strong British imprint and was closer to the Palace It hardly had time to organize itself for the election Electoral system editMain article Ottoman electoral law The elections were held in two stages In the first stage voters elected secondary electors one for the first 750 voters in a constituency then one for every additional 500 voters In the second stage the secondary electors elected the members of the Chamber of Deputies 1 The CUP was successful in abolishing quotas for non Muslim populations by amending the electoral to instead stipulate one deputy to every 50 000 males 2 Results editThe Committee of Union and Progress the main driving force behind the revolution could count on the support of about 60 deputies 3 gaining the upper hand against the Liberty Party Many independents were elected to the parliament mostly from the Arab provinces The new parliament consisted of 147 Turks 60 Arabs 27 Albanians 26 Greeks 14 Armenians 10 Slavs and four Jews 1 nbsp Ethnic composition of the 1908 Ottoman parliament Turks 147 seats Arabs 60 seats Albanians 27 seats Greeks 26 seats Armenians 14 seats Slavs 10 seats Jews 4 seats nbsp Map of ethnicities of Ottoman MPs Turks Arabs Albanians Greeks Armenians Serbs Jews BulgariansAftermath editFollowing the electoral victory the CUP transformed itself from a clandestine organization to a political party Before that would happen though Abdulhamid II r 1876 1909 would attempt to regain his autocracy in what would be known as the 31 March incident See also edit3rd Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman EmpireReferences edit a b c d Myron E Weiner Ergun Ozbudun 1987 Competitive Elections in Developing Countries Duke University Press p334 Hasan Kayali 1995 Elections and the Electoral Process in the Ottoman Empire 1876 1919 Cambridge University Press p276 Philip Mansel Constantinople City of the Worlds Desire quoted in Straits The origins of the Dardanelles campaign Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1908 Ottoman general election amp oldid 1214457259, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
