1896 Belgian general election

Partial legislative elections were held in Belgium on 5 and 12 July 1896.[1] Under the alternating system, elections were held in only five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders. Thus, only 77 seats out of the 152 seats in the Chamber of Representatives were up for election. The Catholic Party retained their absolute majority.[2]

5 July 1896

77 of the 152 seats in the Chamber of Representatives

	First party	Second party

Leader	Paul de Smet de Naeyer	Grégoire Serwy
Party	Catholic	Labour
Leader since	Candidate for PM	1893
Seats before	102 seats	27 seats
Seats won	72	0
Seats after	108	27
Seat change	6
Popular vote	492,541	150,260
Percentage	49.68%	15.16%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader		N/A
Party	Liberal	LSK
Leader since		N/A
Seats before	17 seats	4 seats
Seats won	1	4
Seats after	11	4
Seat change	6
Popular vote	193,563	49,614
Percentage	19.52%	5.00%

Government before election

de Smet de Naeyer I
Catholic

Elected Government

de Smet de Naeyer I
Catholic

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The Liberal Party, who lost two-thirds of their seats in the previous elections, saw their number of seats decrease further.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats won	Total seats	+/–
Catholic Party	492,541	49.68	72	108	+6
Liberal Party	193,563	19.52	1	11	–6
Belgian Labour Party	150,260	15.16	0	27	0
Liberal-Socialist Kartels	49,614	5.00	4	4	0
Other parties	105,394	10.63	0	1	0
Invalid/blank votes	-	–	–	–	-
Total	991,372	100	77	152	0
Source: Belgian Elections

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References

Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
Nohlen & Stöver, p307

Elections and referendums in Belgium (list)
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