1888 Belgian general election
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 12 June 1888.[1][2] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 98 of the 138 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 47 of the 69 seats in the Senate.[2]
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Under the alternating system, elections were held in only 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 | +/– | |||
Catholic Party | 31,273 | 58.4 | 66 | 98 | 0 |
Liberal Party | 19,967 | 37.3 | 3 | 40 | 0 |
Others | 2,277 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | – | |
Total | 53,517 | 100 | 69 | 138 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 73,276 | – | – | – | |
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Sternberger et al |
Senate
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
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Catholic Party | 47 | ||
Liberal Party | 18 | ||
Independents | 4 | ||
Total | 69 | ||
Source: 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, pp50–51
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