1857 Belgian general election

1857 Belgian general election
All 108 seats in the Chamber of Representatives; 55 seats needed for a majority
Government before election; de Decker; Catholic-Liberal	Government after election ; Rogier II; Liberal

General elections were held in Belgium on 10 December 1857,^[1]^[2] the first full general elections since 1848.^[3] The elections were called by royal order of 12 November 1857, dissolving the Chamber of Representatives that had convened in a new session only two days earlier.

Going into the elections, Liberals held a majority in the Senate and the Catholics in the Chamber of Representatives. The unionist (Catholic–liberal) De Decker government resigned and a liberal government led by Charles Rogier took over shortly before the elections were called.

In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 70 of the 108 seats.^[2] The Liberal Party now had a majority in both chambers of parliament.

Voter turnout was 79.3%,^[3] although only 90,543 men (2% of the country's population) were eligible to vote.^[2]

Campaign[]

Twelve of the 108 seats were uncontested, of which the Liberals won three and the Catholics nine.^[3]

Results[]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Liberal Party	39,280	54.7	70	+25
Catholics	32,503	45.3	38	–25
Invalid/blank votes	4,436	–	–	–
Total	76,219	100	108	0
Registered voters/turnout	40,435	69.1	–	–
Source: Mackie & Rose,^[3] Sternberger et al

References[]

^ Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
^ ^a ^b ^c Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p46

[1] Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003

[DS-2] Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105

[T-3] Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p46

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