Election Name: | 1888 Belgian general election |
Country: | Belgium |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1886 Belgian general election |
Previous Year: | 1886 |
Next Election: | 1890 Belgian general election |
Next Year: | 1890 |
Seats For Election: | 69 of the 138 seats in the Chamber of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 70 |
Leader1: | Auguste Beernaert |
Leader Since1: | Candidate for PM |
Party1: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
Seats Before1: | 98 seats |
Seats1: | 66 |
Seats After1: | 98 |
Popular Vote1: | 31,273 |
Percentage1: | 58.44% |
Party2: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
Seats Before2: | 40 seats |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seats After2: | 40 |
Popular Vote2: | 19,967 |
Percentage2: | 37.31% |
Government | |
Posttitle: | Government after election |
Before Election: | Beernaert |
Before Party: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
After Election: | Beernaert |
After Party: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 12 June 1888.[1] [2] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 98 of the 138 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 47 of the 69 seats in the Senate.[2]
Under the alternating system, elections were held in only five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.