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3rd Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 17 December 1908 |
| Disbanded | 17 January 1912 |
| Preceded by | 2nd Chamber of Deputies |
| Succeeded by | 4th Chamber of Deputies |
| Leadership | |
President of the Chamber of Deputies | |
Vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies | |
| Seats | 275 deputies |
| Elections | |
| Electoral college | |
Last election | December 1908 |
Next election | April 1912 |
The Third Chamber of Deputies of the Ottoman Empire was elected in the 1908 Ottoman general election, which was called following the Young Turk Revolution. The new parliament consisted of 147 Turks, 60 Arabs, 27 Albanians, 26 Greeks (Rum), 14 Armenians, 10 Slavs, and four Jews.[1] Including the amount of deputies elected in by-elections, the total amount of seats included 288 deputies. On 17 January 1912, through an imperial decree, the Sultan Mehmed V dissolved the Chamber of Deputies and called for new elections within three months.[2]
Turks: 147 seats
Arabs: 60 seats
Albanians: 27 seats
Greeks: 26 seats
Armenians: 14 seats
Slavs: 10 seats
Jews: 4 seats
- ^ Myron E. Weiner, Ergun Özbudun (1987) Competitive Elections in Developing Countries, Duke University Press, p334
- ^ Kansu, Aykut (2000). Politics in Post-revolutionary Turkey, 1908-1913. Brill. p. 319. ISBN 978-90-04-11587-3.