1850 Belgian general election

none 1850 Belgian general election Belgium parliamentary 1848 Belgian general election 1848 1852 Belgian general election 1852 54 of the 108 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 55 1850 06 11 yes 150x150px Charles Rogier Candidate for PM Liberal Party (Belgium) 83 seats 32 69 14 15,320 54.80% 100x100px Catholic 25 seats 22 39 14 11,618 41.56% FFFF00 Government Government after election Rogier I Liberal Party (Belgium) Rogier I Liberal Party (Belgium) Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 11 June 1850.Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105 In the Chamber of Representatives elections the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, who won 69 of the 108 seats. Voter turnout was 69.1%, although only 40,435 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 1850.svg Won Total +/– Liberal Party 15320 32 69 –14 Catholics 11618 22 39 +14 yellow Others 1016 0 0 0 0 27954 40435 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