1872 Belgian general election
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on Tuesday 11 June 1872.[1][2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 71 of the 124 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 55.5%, although only 54,933 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.
The incumbent government was a Catholic government led by Jules Malou.
Results
Chamber of Representatives
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | Total | +/– | |||
| Catholic Party | 20,949 | 68.8 | 43 | 71 | –1 |
| Liberal Party | 9,455 | 31.0 | 20 | 53 | +1 |
| Others | 66 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 5,709 | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 36,179 | 100 | 63 | 124 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 54,933 | 55.5 | – | – | – |
| Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Sternberger et al. | |||||
The results exclude the voting figures for the Nivelles constituency.[3]
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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, pp48–49
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