June 1870 Belgian general election

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Belgian general election,
June 1870
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  1868 11 June 1870 (1870-06-11) 1870  

61 of the 122 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
62 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  FrereOrban.jpg Jules d'Anethan.jpg
Leader Walthère Frère-Orban Jules d'Anethan
Party Liberal Catholic
Leader sinceCandidate for PMCandidate for PM
Seats before72 seats50 seats
Seats won3130
Seats after6161
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 11Increase2.svg 11
Popular vote17,17313,698
Percentage55.63%44.37%

Government before election

Frère-Orban I
Liberal

Government after election

d'Anethan
Catholic

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 11 June 1870. [1] [2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the Liberal Party and the Catholic Party both won 61 seats, resulting in a hung parliament. [2] Voter turnout was 60%, although only 51,435 people were eligible to vote. Consequently, early elections were held two months later.

Contents

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.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Belgian Chamber 1870 june.svg
PartyVotes%Seats
WonTotal+/–
Liberal Party 17,17355.633161–11
Catholic Party 13,69844.373061+11
Total30,871100.00611220
Total votes30,871
Registered voters/turnout51,43560.02
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