1850 Belgian general election|
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First party
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Second party
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| Leader
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Charles Rogier
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| Party
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Liberal
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Catholic
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| Leader since
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Candidate for PM
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| Seats before
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83 seats
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25 seats
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| Seats won
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32
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22
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| Seats after
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69
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39
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| Seat change
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14
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14
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| Popular vote
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15,320
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11,618
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| Percentage
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54.80%
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41.56%
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Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 11 June 1850.[1][2] In the Chamber of Representatives elections the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, who won 69 of the 108 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 69.1%, although only 40,435 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.
Results
Chamber of Representatives
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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| Won | Total | +/– |
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| Liberal Party | 15,320 | 54.80 | 32 | 69 | –14 |
| Catholics | 11,618 | 41.56 | 22 | 39 | +14 |
| Others | 1,016 | 3.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 27,954 | 100.00 | 54 | 108 | 0 |
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| Total votes | 27,954 | – | |
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| Registered voters/turnout | 40,435 | 69.13 | |
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| 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, p46