1854 Belgian general election

none 1854 Belgian general election Belgium parliamentary 1852 Belgian general election 1852 1856 Belgian general election 1856 54 of the 108 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 55 1854 06 13 yes 150x150px Henri de Brouckère Candidate for PM Liberal Party (Belgium) 57 seats 28 54 3 16,087 57.44% 150x150px Pierre de Decker Candidate for PM Catholic 51 seats 26 54 3 11,921 42.56% FFFF00 Government Government after election de Brouckère Liberal Party (Belgium) de Brouckère Liberal Party (Belgium) Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 1854.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 Liberal Party and the Catholics won 54 seats each. Voter turnout was 61%, although only 45,884 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. Results Chamber of Representatives File:Belgian Chamber 1854.svg Won Total +/– Liberal Party 16087 28 54 –3 Catholics 11921 26 54 +3 yellow 0 28008 45884 Mackie & Rose,Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p46 Sternberger et al. References Category:1850s elections in Belgium General Belgium Belgium