1850 Belgian general election
First party
Second party
Leader
Charles Rogier
Party
Liberal
Catholic
Leader since
Candidate for PM
Seats before
83 seats
25 seats
Seats won
32
22
Seats after
69
39
Seat change
14
14
Popular vote
15,320
11,618
Percentage
54.80%
41.56%
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 11 June 1850.[ 1] [ 2] In the Chamber of Representatives elections the result was a victory for the Liberal Party , who won 69 of the 108 seats.[ 2] Voter turnout was 69.1%, although only 40,435 people were eligible to vote.
Under the alternating system, elections were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp , Brabant , Luxembourg , Namur and West Flanders .
Results
Chamber of Representatives Party Votes % Seats Won Total +/– Liberal Party 15,320 54.80 32 69 –14 Catholics 11,618 41.56 22 39 +14 Others 1,016 3.63 0 0 0 Total 27,954 100.00 54 108 0 Total votes 27,954 – Registered voters/turnout 40,435 69.13 Source: Mackie & Rose,[ 3] Sternberger et al .
References
^ Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
^ a b Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband , p105
^ Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History , Macmillan, p46