Election Name: | 1863 Belgian general election |
Country: | Belgium |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1861 Belgian general election |
Previous Year: | 1861 |
Next Election: | 1864 Belgian general election |
Next Year: | 1864 |
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: | 66 seats |
Seats1: | 24 |
Seats After1: | 59 |
Seat Change1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 17,799 |
Percentage1: | 45.51% |
Party2: | Catholic |
Seats Before2: | 50 seats |
Seats2: | 34 |
Seats After2: | 57 |
Seat Change2: | 7 |
Popular Vote2: | 21,310 |
Percentage2: | 54.49% |
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 9 June 1863.[1] [2] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 59 of the 116 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 33 of the 58 seats in the Senate.[2] Voter turnout was 74.5%, although only 52,519 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 in the arrondissements of Tournai, Ghent and Hasselt.