1882 Belgian general election

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1882 Belgian general election

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69 of the 138 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
70 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
  FrèreOrban.jpg Jules Malou ars-moriendi.jpg
Leader Walthère Frère-Orban Jules Malou
Party Liberal Catholic
Leader since Candidate for PM Candidate for PM
Seats before 74 seats 58 seats
Seats won 49 20
Seats after 79 59
Seat change Increase 5 Increase 1
Popular vote 22,001 19,681
Percentage 52.77% 47.21%

Belgian Chamber 1882.svg

Belgium Senate 1882.svg

Government before election

Frère-Orban II
Liberal

Government after election

Frère-Orban II
Liberal

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 1882.[1][2] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 79 of the 138 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 37 of the 69 seats in the Senate.[2] Voter turnout was 75.1%, although only 55,517 people were eligible to vote.

Under the alternating system, elections for the Chamber of Representatives were only held in four out of the nine provinces: Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders. Special elections were also held in the arrondissements of Antwerp, Philippeville, Brussels, Nivelles and Namur.

Run-off elections were held a week later, on 20 June 1882.

A special election was also held in Liège on 16 October 1882 following the death of  [nl] on 17 September.

Results[]

Chamber of Representatives[]

Party Votes % Seats
Won Total +/–
Liberal Party 22,001 52.8 49 79 +5
Catholic Party 19,681 47.2 20 59 +1
Others 7 0.0 0 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 4,987
Total 46,676 100 69 138 +6
Registered voters/turnout 55,517 75.1
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Sternberger et al

Senate[]

Party Votes % Seats
Liberal Party 37
Catholic Party 32
Total 69
Source: Sternberger et al.

Constituencies[]

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
Antwerp Antwerp 8 +1
Mechelen 3
Turnhout 3
Limburg Hasselt 2
Maaseik 1
Tongeren 2
East Flanders Aalst 4 +1
Oudenaarde 3
Gent 8
Eeklo 1
Dendermonde 3
Sint-Niklaas 3
West Flanders Bruges 3
Roeselare 2
Tielt 2
Kortrijk 4
Ypres 3
Veurne 1
Diksmuide 1
Ostend 1
Brabant Leuven 5
Brussels 16 +2
Nivelles 4
Hainaut Tournai 4
Ath 2
Charleroi 7
Thuin 3
Mons 6 +1
Soignies 3
Liège Huy 2
Waremme 2
Liège 9 +1
Verviers 4
Luxembourg Arlon 1
Marche 1
Bastogne 1
Neufchâteau 1
Virton 1
Namur Namur 4
Dinant 2
Philippeville 2
138 +6

References[]

  1. ^ Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
  2. ^ a b Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105
  3. ^ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp48–49
  4. ^ List of members of the Chamber of Representatives (1882-1883)
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