 The new parliament comprised 142 Turks, 60 Arabs, 25 Albanians, 23 Greeks, 12 Armenians (including four from ARF and two from Hunchaks), 5 Jews, 4 Bulgarians, 3 Serbs and 1 Vlach in the elections of 1908.The "Committee of Union and Progress" (CUP) could count on the support of about 60 deputies and became the main party.Karekin Pastermadjian became a member of the Ottoman parliament part from the ARF deputies.