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Partial legislative elections were held in Belgium on Tuesday 9 June 1835. [1] In the Senate elections Catholics won 31 seats and Liberals eight. [1] Only 23,000 people were eligible to vote in the election. [1]
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of 30,688 square kilometres (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.4 million. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi and Liège.
Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in four out of the nine provinces: East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège and Limburg. Thus, 51 of the 102 Chamber seats were up for election.
East Flanders is a province of Belgium. It borders the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, Hainaut and West Flanders. It has an area of 2,991 km², divided into six administrative districts containing 60 municipalities, and a population of 1,408,484. The capital is Ghent.
The incumbent government was led by Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt.
Barthélemy Théodore, Count de Theux de Meylandt, OCIII was a Belgian Roman Catholic politician who served as Prime Minister of Belgium three times.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Catholics | 31 | 0 | ||
Liberals | 8 | +1 | ||
Independents | 12 | –1 | ||
Total | 51 | 0 | ||
Sternberger et al. |
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