Belgian general election, 1854

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Belgian general election, 1854
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  1852 13 June 1854 (1854-06-13) 1856  

54 of the 108 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
55 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond party
  Henri de Brouckere.jpg Pierre De Decker.jpg
Leader Henri de Brouckère Pierre de Decker
Party Liberal Catholic
Leader sinceCandidate for PMCandidate for PM
Seats before57 seats51 seats
Seats won2826
Seats after5454
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote16,08711,921
Percentage57.44%42.56%

Government before election

de Brouckère
Liberal

Elected Government

de Brouckère
Liberal

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PArtial general elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 1854. [1] [2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the Liberal Party and Catholics won 54 seats each. [2] Voter turnout was 61%, although only 45,884 people were eligible to vote.

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Under the alternating system, elections were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.

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Results

Chamber of Representatives

PartyVotes%Seats
WonTotal+/–
Liberal Party 16,08757.42854–3
Catholics11,92142.62654+3
Invalid/blank votes4,029
Total32,037100541080
Registered voters/turnout45,88461.0
Source: Mackie & Rose, [3] Sternberger et al.

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References

  1. Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
  2. 1 2 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, p46