They were the first elections held under the 1901 constitution, which provided for a bicameral parliament consisting of a National Assembly and a Senate.
[2] The new "octroyed" constitution provided for a bicameral parliament with a fully-elected 130-member National Assembly with a four-year term and a partially elected 51-member Senate (30 members appointed for life by the king, eighteen elected members, the Archbishop of Belgrade, the Bishop of Nis and the crown price) with a six-year term.
[2] The 130 members of the National Assembly were elected from party lists in constituencies based on districts and towns, with seats allocated according to population.
Civil servants, priests and heads of municipalities were not allowed to run for election.
[2] Although the National Assembly had a four-year term, on 25 March 1903 the king issued a royal proclamation suspending the 1901 constitution and dissolving parliament.