1843 Belgian general election

1843 Belgian general election

12 June 1843 (1843-06-12)
47 of the 95 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
Government before election Nothomb Liberal-Catholic Government after election Nothomb Liberal-Catholic

Partial legislative elections were held in Belgium on 12 June 1843. In the Senate elections Catholics won 32 seats and Liberals 13. Voter turnout was 86.0%, although only 21,865 people were eligible to vote.

Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in four out of the nine provinces: East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège and Limburg. Thus, 47 of the 95 Chamber seats were up for election.

Results

Senate

Party		Seats
	Catholics	32
	Liberals	13
	Independents	2
Total		47
Source: Sternberger et al.