1837 Belgian general election explained

Election Name:1837 Belgian general election
Country:Belgium
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1835 Belgian general election
Previous Year:1835
Next Election:1839 Belgian general election
Next Year:1839
Seats For Election:51 of the 102 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
Government
Posttitle:Government after election
Before Election:de Theux de Meylandt I
After Election:de Theux de Meylandt I
Before Party:Catholic-Liberal
After Party:Catholic-Liberal

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on Tuesday 13 June 1837 in which 51 of the 102 seats in the Chamber of Representatives were elected.[1] Voter turnout was 56.0%, although only 24,526 people were eligible to vote.[1] Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders. The Senate was not up for election.

This was the last election in which Luxembourg Province included the area of the modern Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; in 1839, under the stipulations of the Treaty of London, a portion of the province's constituency of Diekirch, along with the full constituencies of Luxembourg (roughly equal to modern Luxembourg City) and Grevenmacher, became parts of the independent Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105
  2. Xavier . Heuschling . Statistique de la population dans ses rapports avec la représentation narionale . Revue de Belgique . 30 . 1878 . 428 . 849233859.