Election Name: | 1892 Belgian general election |
Country: | Belgium |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1890 Belgian general election |
Previous Year: | 1890 |
Next Election: | 1894 Belgian general election |
Next Year: | 1894 |
Seats For Election: | All 152 seats in the Chamber of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 77 |
Leader1: | Auguste Beernaert |
Leader Since1: | Candidate for PM |
Party1: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
Seats Before1: | 94 seats |
Seats1: | 92 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Popular Vote1: | 56,199 |
Percentage1: | 53.66% |
Party2: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
Seats Before2: | 44 seats |
Seats2: | 60 |
Seat Change2: | 16 |
Popular Vote2: | 47,518 |
Percentage2: | 45.37% |
Government | |
Posttitle: | Government after election |
Before Election: | Beernaert |
Before Party: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
After Election: | Beernaert |
After Party: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
General elections were held in Belgium on Tuesday 14 June 1892,[1] [2] the first full general elections since 1870 and the last before the introduction of universal male suffrage prior to the 1894 elections. The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 92 of the 152 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 46 of the 76 seats in the Senate.[2] Only 2.2% of the country's population were eligible to vote.[2]
Run-off elections were held on Tuesday 21 June 1892 in the arrondissements of Mons, Tournai, Verviers, Nivelles and Charleroi as no candidate received a majority there.[3]
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:[4]
Province | Arrondissement | Seats | Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|
11 | +3 | |||
4 | +1 | |||
3 | – | |||
3 | +1 | |||
1 | – | |||
2 | – | |||
4 | – | |||
3 | – | |||
9 | +1 | |||
1 | – | |||
3 | – | |||
4 | +1 | |||
3 | – | |||
2 | – | |||
2 | – | |||
4 | – | |||
3 | – | |||
1 | – | |||
1 | – | |||
2 | +1 | |||
6 | +1 | |||
18 | +2 | |||
4 | – | |||
4 | – | |||
2 | – | |||
8 | +1 | |||
3 | – | |||
6 | – | |||
3 | – | |||
2 | – | |||
2 | – | |||
11 | +2 | |||
4 | – | |||
1 | – | |||
1 | – | |||
1 | – | |||
1 | – | |||
1 | – | |||
4 | – | |||
2 | – | |||
2 | – | |||
152 | +14 |