1854 Belgian general election
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 1854.[1][2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the Liberal Party and Catholics won 54 seats each.[2] Voter turnout was 61%, although only 45,884 people were eligible to vote.
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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
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Won | Total | +/– | |||
| Liberal Party | 16,087 | 57.4 | 28 | 54 | –3 |
| Catholics | 11,921 | 42.6 | 26 | 54 | +3 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,029 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 32,037 | 100 | 54 | 108 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 45,884 | 61.0 | – | – | – |
| Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Sternberger et al. | |||||
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References
- Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
- 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
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