1864 Belgian general election

General elections were held in Belgium on 11 August 1864,[1][2] the first full general elections since 1857.[3] Although the Catholics received the most votes for seats in the Chamber of Representatives, the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 64 of the 116 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 76.7%,[3] although only 103,717 people (2.1% of the population) were eligible to vote.[2]

11 August 1864 (1864-08-11)

All 116 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
57 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Charles Rogier
Party	Liberal	Catholic
Leader since	Candidate for PM
Seats before	59 seats	57 seats
Seats won	64	52
Seat change	5	5
Popular vote	39,576	39,750
Percentage	49.74%	49.96%

Government before election

Rogier II
Liberal

Elected Government

Rogier II
Liberal

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Results

Chamber of Representatives

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Catholics	39,750	50.0	52	–5
Liberal Party	39,576	49.7	64	+5
Others	240	0.3	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	4,383	–	–	–
Total	83,949	100	116	0
Registered voters/turnout	103,717	76.7	–	–
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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