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.