June 1870 Belgian general election
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 11 June 1870.[1][2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the Liberal Party and the Catholic Party both won 61 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 60%, although only 51,435 people were eligible to vote. Early elections were held later in the year.
![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 of the 122 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 62 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
![]() |
---|
This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Belgium |
|
|
|
Federal Cabinet |
|
|
Under the alternating system, elections for the Chamber of Representatives were only held in four out of the nine provinces: Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders.
Results
Chamber of Representatives
Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Won | Total | +/– | |||
Liberal Party | 17,173 | 55.6 | 31 | 61 | –11 |
Catholic Party | 13,698 | 44.4 | 30 | 61 | +11 |
Invalid/blank votes | 2,502 | – | – | – | – |
Total | 33,373 | 100 | 61 | 122 | 0 |
Registered voters/turnout | 51,435 | 60.0 | – | – | – |
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Sternberger et al |
gollark: What if I have a PROBLEM with IT?
gollark: <@319753218592866315> If you're logging people's messages, aren't there GDPR implications, i.e. you have to delete them if someone asks?
gollark: What do you mean "lore"? Who is going on about lore? Bees? Is RocketRæce deleting things?
gollark: efficiency™
gollark: I just like the message.
See also
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
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.