Belgian general election, 1876

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Belgian general election, 1876
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  1874 13 June 1876 (1876-06-13) 1878  

63 of the 124 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
63 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond party
  Jules Malou ars-moriendi.jpg FrereOrban.jpg
Leader Jules Malou Walthère Frère-Orban
Party Catholic Liberal
Leader sinceCandidate for PMCandidate for PM
Seats before68 seats56 seats
Seats won4221
Seats after6757
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote22,95219,788
Percentage53.70%46.30%

Government before election

Malou I
Catholic

Elected Government

Malou I
Catholic

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Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 1876. [1] [2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 67 of the 124 seats. [2] Voter turnout was 67.5%, although only 63,278 people were eligible to vote.

Belgium Federal constitutional monarchy in Western Europe

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The Catholic Party was established in 1869 as the Confessional Catholic Party.

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Results

Chamber of Representatives

PartyVotes%Seats
WonTotal+/–
Catholic Party 22,95253.74267–1
Liberal Party 19,78846.32157+1
Invalid/blank votes2,444
Total45,184100631240
Registered voters/turnout63,27867.5
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, pp48–49