1835 Belgian general election

Partial legislative elections were held in Belgium on Tuesday 9 June 1835.[1] In the Senate elections Catholics won 31 seats and Liberals eight.[1] Only 23,000 people were eligible to vote in the election.[1]

1835 Belgian general election
9 June 1835 (1835-06-09)
51 of the 102 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
Government before election

de Theux de Meylandt I
Catholic-Liberal

 Elected Government

de Theux de Meylandt I
Catholic-Liberal

Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in four out of the nine provinces: East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège and Limburg. Thus, 51 of the 102 Chamber seats were up for election.

The incumbent government was led by Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt.

Results

Senate
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Catholics310
Liberals8+1
Independents12–1
Total510
Sternberger et al.
gollark: The closest thing to a science fair my school did is one night last year or something where everyone presented DT (design and technology) projects.
gollark: It's not a battle competition, so I don't know *why* you would do that.
gollark: The competition rules for the one we do *explicitly say* that your robot may not be on fire, oddly.
gollark: Some of the non-programming people are doing hardware design somewhat, which is useful.
gollark: Only the computer science cohort of not many people is doing it, but due to scheduling only about 3 of us actually have significant programming experience.

References
  1. Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105
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