1868 Belgian general election explained

Election Name:1868 Belgian general election
Country:Belgium
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1866 Belgian general election
Previous Year:1866
Next Election:June 1870 Belgian general election
Next Year:1870
Seats For Election:63 of the 122 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
Majority Seats:62
Leader1:Walthère Frère-Orban
Leader Since1:Candidate for PM
Party1:Liberal Party (Belgium)
Seats Before1:70 seats
Seats1:30
Seats After1:72
Seat Change1: 2
Popular Vote1:13,619
Percentage1:44.33%
Party2:Catholic
Seats Before2:52 seats
Seats2:33
Seats After2:50
Seat Change2: 2
Popular Vote2:16,918
Percentage2:55.07%
Color2:FFFF00
Government
Posttitle:Government after election
Before Election:Frère-Orban I
Before Party:Liberal Party (Belgium)
After Election:Frère-Orban I
After Party:Liberal Party (Belgium)

General elections were held in Belgium on 9 June 1868.[1] [2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 72 of the 122 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 55.6%, although only 55,297 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. A special election was held in the arrondissement of Tongeren.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

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