Belgian general election, 1880

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Belgian general election, 1880
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66 of the 132 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
67 seats needed for a majority

 First partySecond party
  FrereOrban.jpg Jules Malou ars-moriendi.jpg
Leader Walthère Frère-Orban Jules Malou
Party Liberal Catholic
Leader sinceCandidate for PMCandidate for PM
Seats before72 seats60 seats
Seats won2640
Seats after7458
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote21,28320,700
Percentage50.31%48.94%
Government before election

Frère-Orban II
Liberal

Elected Government

Frère-Orban II
Liberal

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Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 8 June 1880. [1] [2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 74 of the 132 seats. [2] Voter turnout was 67.2%, although only 62,936 people were eligible to vote.

Belgium Federal constitutional monarchy in Western Europe

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.

The Liberal Party was a Belgian political party that existed from 1846 until 1961, when it became the Party for Freedom and Progress, Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang/Parti de la Liberté et du Progrès or PVV-PLP, under the leadership of Omer Vanaudenhove.

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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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Luxembourg, also called Belgian Luxembourg, is the southernmost province of Wallonia and of Belgium. It borders on the country of Luxembourg, France, and the Belgian provinces of Namur and Liège. Its capital is Arlon, in the south-east of the province.

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The Arrondissement of Oudenaarde is one of the six administrative arrondissements in the Province of East Flanders, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Oudenaarde also comprises the municipalities of Geraardsbergen, Herzele, Sint-Lievens-Houtem and Zottegem in the Arrondissement of Aalst.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

PartyVotes%Seats
WonTotal+/–
Liberal Party 21,28350.32674+2
Catholic Party 20,70048.94058–2
Others3180.800New
Invalid/blank votes3,486––––
Total45,787100661320
Registered voters/turnout62,93667.2–––
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
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