1876 Belgian general election
First party
Second party
Leader
Jules Malou
Walthère Frère-Orban
Party
Catholic
Liberal
Leader since
Candidate for PM
Candidate for PM
Seats before
68 seats
56 seats
Seats won
42
21
Seats after
67
57
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
22,952
19,788
Percentage
53.70%
46.30%
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.
Under the alternating system, elections were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp , Brabant , Luxembourg , Namur and West Flanders .
Additionally, special elections were held:
Results
Chamber of Representatives
Party Votes % Seats Won Total +/– Catholic Party 22,952 53.70 42 67 –1 Liberal Party 19,788 46.30 21 57 +1 Total 42,740 100.00 63 124 0 Total votes 42,740 – Registered voters/turnout 63,278 67.54 Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Sternberger et al .
References
^ Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
^ a b Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband , p105
^ Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History , Macmillan, pp48–49