| Election Name: | 1859 Belgian general election |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1857 Belgian general election |
| Previous Year: | 1857 |
| Next Election: | 1861 Belgian general election |
| Next Year: | 1861 |
| Seats For Election: | 58 of the 116 seats in the Chamber of Representatives |
| Majority Seats: | 57 |
| Leader1: | Charles Rogier |
| Leader Since1: | Candidate for PM |
| Party1: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
| Seats Before1: | 70 seats |
| Seats1: | 31 |
| Seats After1: | 69 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 15,052 |
| Percentage1: | 54.19% |
| Party2: | Catholic |
| Seats Before2: | 38 seats |
| Seats2: | 27 |
| Seats After2: | 47 |
| Seat Change2: | 9 |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,726 |
| Percentage2: | 45.81% |
| Color2: | FFFF00 |
| Government | |
| Posttitle: | Government after election |
| Before Election: | Rogier II |
| Before Party: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
| After Election: | Rogier II |
| After Party: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 14 June 1859.[1] [2] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 69 of the 116 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 31 of the 58 seats in the Senate.[2] Voter turnout was 55.9%, although only 49,672 people were eligible to vote.
Under the alternating system, elections for the Chamber of Representatives were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders. Additionally, special elections were held on the same day in the arrondissements of Charleroi, Liège and Mons.
Twelve of the 58 seats were uncontested, of which the Catholics won nine and the Liberals three.
The results exclude the voting figures for the Leper Colony seat.
The distribution of seats among the electoral districts was as follows for the Chamber of Representatives, with the difference compared to the previous election due to population growth:[3]
| Province | Arrondissement | Seats | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | – | |||
| 3 | – | |||
| 3 | +1 | |||
| 2 | – | |||
| 1 | – | |||
| 2 | – | |||
| 3 | – | |||
| 3 | – | |||
| 8 | – | |||
| 1 | – | |||
| 3 | – | |||
| 3 | – | |||
| 3 | – | |||
| 2 | – | |||
| 2 | – | |||
| 4 | – | |||
| 3 | – | |||
| 1 | – | |||
| 1 | – | |||
| 1 | – | |||
| 4 | – | |||
| 11 | +2 | |||
| 4 | – | |||
| 4 | – | |||
| 2 | – | |||
| 4 | +1 | |||
| 2 | – | |||
| 5 | +1 | |||
| 3 | – | |||
| 2 | – | |||
| 1 | – | |||
| 7 | +2 | |||
| 3 | – | |||
| 1 | – | |||
| 1 | – | |||
| 1 | – | |||
| 1 | – | |||
| 1 | – | |||
| 4 | +1 | |||
| 2 | – | |||
| 2 | – | |||
| 116 | +8 |