Second 1877 Ottoman general election

General elections had been held earlier in 1877 after a new constitution was promulgated in December 1876. The new Parliament opened on 19 March 1877, with a planned lifetime of three months. With a ten-day extension agreed by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, it was dissolved on 28 June. ==Aftermath==

The newly elected Parliament first convened on 13 December 1877, but was prorogued by the Sultan on 14 February 1878 under the pretext of the war with Russia. It did not reconvene until 1908. == See also ==