Kütahya Sancağinda 1919 Osmanli Meclis-İ Mebusan Seçimleri
1919 Ottoman Parliament Elections in the Sanjak of Kütahya

Summary/Abstract: Abdülhamid II declared the Ottoman Basic Law (Kanun-ı Esasi) in 1876. The elections were held according to the provisional order and the Ottoman Parliament made its first meeting on March 20, 1877. Following that the Tsarist Russia declared a war, the first period of the parliament ended on June 28, 1877. The second elections were held in the November of 1877 but following the Russian defeat, the parliament was prorogued on February 14, 1878. After the re-declaration of the Constitutional Monarchy in 1908, elections were called in 1908, 1912 and 1914. The parliament, which took over the portfolio of legislation with the last election, remained in office until the end of 1918. When the cabinet of Damat Ferit Pasha resigned on October 1, the Sultan (the Padishah) appointed Ali Rıza Pasha, the member of the assembly of notables, to form the new cabinet. Yet, Mustafa Kemal Pasha demanded the elections to be held immediately with a petition he sent to the Sultan (the Padishah). Eventually, on October 7, the government of Ali Rıza Pasha decided to go for an election. In the elections of 1919, highly important names became deputy candidates from Kütahya, the sanjak where the deputy quota is 3. In the December of 1919, müntehib-i sani (the constituents) went to the polls to elect the deputies and the mayor of Kütahya, Germiyanzade Ali Bey with 64 votes and Uşaklı Hocazade Ragıb Efendi with 54 votes were elected to the parliament. As for Accountant Faik Bey and Hocazade Rasih Efendi, they equally received 42 votes. Lots were cast between two candidates and hereby Hocazade Rasih Efendi became the deputy of Kütahya. However, the deputies of Kütahya could not become very effective in the last Ottoman Parliament.

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