Election Name: | 1852 Belgian general election |
Country: | Belgium |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1850 Belgian general election |
Previous Year: | 1850 |
Next Election: | 1854 Belgian general election |
Next Year: | 1854 |
Seats For Election: | 54 of the 108 seats in the Chamber of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 55 |
Image1: | Charlesrogier.jpg |
Leader1: | Charles Rogier |
Leader Since1: | Candidate for PM |
Party1: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
Seats Before1: | 69 seats |
Seats1: | 31 |
Seats After1: | 57 |
Seat Change1: | 12 |
Popular Vote1: | 16,688 |
Percentage1: | 57.36% |
Party2: | Catholic |
Seats Before2: | 39 seats |
Seats2: | 23 |
Seats After2: | 51 |
Seat Change2: | 12 |
Popular Vote2: | 12,404 |
Percentage2: | 42.64% |
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 8 June 1852.[1] [2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, who won 57 of the 108 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 69.2%, although only 42,053 people were eligible to vote.
Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in four out of the nine provinces: East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège and Limburg. Thus, 54 of the 108 Chamber seats were up for election.
The division of seats among the electoral districts was as follows:[3]
Province | Arrondissement | Seats |
---|---|---|
5 | ||
3 | ||
2 | ||
2 | ||
1 | ||
2 | ||
3 | ||
3 | ||
7 | ||
1 | ||
3 | ||
3 | ||
3 | ||
2 | ||
2 | ||
3 | ||
3 | ||
1 | ||
1 | ||
1 | ||
4 | ||
9 | ||
4 | ||
4 | ||
2 | ||
3 | ||
2 | ||
4 | ||
3 | ||
2 | ||
1 | ||
5 | ||
3 | ||
1 | ||
1 | ||
1 | ||
1 | ||
1 | ||
3 | ||
2 | ||
1 |