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Belgian general election, 1852
First party
Second party
Party
Liberal
Catholicism
Last election
69 seats
39 seats
Seats won
57
51
Seat change
12
12
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 8 June 1852.[ 1] [ 2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Liberal Party , who won 57 of the 108 seats.[ 2] Voter turnout was 69.2%, although only 42,053 people were eligible to vote.
Results
Chamber of Representatives
Party
Votes
%
Seats
Won
Total
+/–
Liberal Party
16,888
57.4
31
57
–12
Catholics
12,404
42.6
23
51
+12
Invalid/blank votes
2,635
–
–
–
–
Total
31,727
100
54
108
0
Registered voters/turnout
42,053
69.2
–
–
–
Source: Mackie & Rose,[ 3] Sternberger et al
Constituencies
The division of seats among the electoral districts was as follows:[ 4]
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
^ List of members of the Chamber of Representatives (1852-1853)