1868 Belgian general election

1868 Belgian general election
63 of the 122 seats in the Chamber of Representatives; 62 seats needed for a majority
Government before election; Frère-Orban I; Liberal	Government after election ; Frère-Orban I; Liberal

General elections were held in Belgium on 9 June 1868.^[1]^[2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 72 of the 122 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 55.6%, although only 55,297 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. A special election was held in the arrondissement of Tongeren.

Results

Chamber of Representatives



Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Won	Total	+/–
	Catholics	16,918	55.07	33	50	–2
	Liberal Party	13,619	44.33	30	72	+2
	Others	184	0.60	0	0	New
Total		30,721	100.00	63	122	0

Total votes		30,721	–
Registered voters/turnout		55,297	55.56
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, pp48–49

[1] Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003

[DS-2] Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105

[T-3] Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp48–49

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