Ottoman electoral law

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The Ottoman Electoral Law was promulgated in December 1876 alongside the Ottoman constitution. The law underwent only minimal amendments in the Second Constitutional Era and was retained by the Republic of Turkey with only slight revisions until 1946.^[1] The law was detailed and covered a wide range of electoral matters including-electoral districts, parliamentary contingencies, the preparation of registers, the method of selection and the duties of electoral inspection committees, suffrage requirements and the general conduct of elections. The law also included penal clauses.