1868 Belgian general election

none Belgium parliamentary 1866 Belgian general election 1866 June 1870 Belgian general election 1870 63 of the 122 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 62 1868 06 09 yes Fr%C3%A8reOrban.jpg Walthère Frère-Orban Candidate for PM Liberal Party (Belgium) 70 seats 30 72 2 13,619 44.33% 3x4.svg Catholic 52 seats 33 50 2 16,918 55.07% FFFF00 Government Government after election Frère-Orban I Liberal Party (Belgium) Frère-Orban I Liberal Party (Belgium) General elections were held in Belgium on 9 June 1868.Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105 In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 72 of the 122 seats. Voter turnout was 55.6%, although only 55,297 people were eligible to vote. Under the alternating system, elections were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders. A special election was held in the arrondissement of Tongeren. Results Chamber of Representatives File:Belgian Chamber 1868.svg Won Total +/– Catholics 16918 33 50 –2 yellow Liberal Party 13619 30 72 +2 Others 184 0 0 New 0 30721 55297 Mackie & Rose,Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp48–49 Sternberger et al. References Category:1860s elections in Belgium General Belgium Belgium