1852 Belgian general election explained

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.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Constituencies

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

Notes and References

  1. Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
  2. Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105
  3. http://www.dekamer.be/digidoc/DPS/K2271/K22710036/K22710036.PDF List of members of the Chamber of Representatives (1852-1853)