Belgian general election, 1882

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Belgian general election, 1882
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69 of the 138 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
70 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 before74 seats58 seats
Seats won4920
Seats after7959
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote22,00119,681
Percentage52.77%47.21%
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 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.

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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 (replacing Georges de Baillet Latour), Brussels, Nivelles and Namur.

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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 Dieudonné Mouton on 17 September.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

PartyVotes%Seats
WonTotal+/–
Liberal Party 22,00152.84979+5
Catholic Party 19,68147.22059+1
Others70.0000
Invalid/blank votes4,987––––
Total46,67610069138+6
Registered voters/turnout55,51775.1–––
Source: Mackie & Rose, [3] Sternberger et al

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats
Liberal Party 37
Catholic Party 32
Total69
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]

ProvinceArrondissementSeatsChange
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

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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
  4. ↑ List of members of the Chamber of Representatives (1882-1883)
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