Election Name: | 1850 Belgian general election |
Country: | Belgium |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1848 Belgian general election |
Previous Year: | 1848 |
Next Election: | 1852 Belgian general election |
Next Year: | 1852 |
Seats For Election: | 54 of the 108 seats in the Chamber of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 55 |
Leader1: | Charles Rogier |
Leader Since1: | Candidate for PM |
Party1: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
Seats Before1: | 83 seats |
Seats1: | 32 |
Seats After1: | 69 |
Seat Change1: | 14 |
Popular Vote1: | 15,320 |
Percentage1: | 54.80% |
Party2: | Catholic |
Seats Before2: | 25 seats |
Seats2: | 22 |
Seats After2: | 39 |
Seat Change2: | 14 |
Popular Vote2: | 11,618 |
Percentage2: | 41.56% |
Color2: | FFFF00 |
Government | |
Posttitle: | Government after election |
Before Election: | Rogier I |
Before Party: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
After Election: | Rogier I |
After Party: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
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.