1925 Constantinopolitan general election (Queen of Cities)

The first general election in the history of the Sovereign City of Constantinople was held on March 23, 1925 to elect all members of the bicameral Parliament. The election resulted in the defeat of the ruling League of Friendship of Nations in the face of the emergence of common lists for Constantinople's various communities. This election resulted in the city-state's most divided legislature, as nine factions were represented for the 1925-1929 term.

On April 7, the newly assembled Parliament elected the members of the Directory for the next four years. The Directory would be composed of two people from the Turkish List, two from the League of Friendship of Nations, one of the Socialist Rally and one independent.

Electoral system
The two chambers were elected on a single ballot using two different electoral systems. The Chamber of Deputies was elected via proportional representation from a nationwide district. For the election of the Chamber of Nations, each of the five communities were reserved 20 seats that would be filled using a first-past-the-post system. As such, results from the upper chamber were markedly less proportional than those of the lower chamber.