With a ten-day extension agreed by Sultan Abdul Hamid II, it was dissolved on 28 June.

[1] Article 119 of the constitution required a new electoral law to be in place by the time of the second elections.

However, although it had been passed by the Chamber of Deputies, it was still under discussion by the Senate, and had not become law,[2] so the election was held in accordance with the previous system.

Candidature was limited men above the age of 30 who was competent in Turkish and had full civil rights.

[2] 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.