1861 Belgian general election

none 1861 Belgian general election Belgium parliamentary 1859 Belgian general election 1859 1863 Belgian general election 1863 58 of the 116 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 57 1861 06 11 yes Charlesrogier.jpg 150x150px Charles Rogier Candidate for PM Liberal Party (Belgium) 69 seats 36 66 3 15,979 57.52% No image.png 100x100px Catholic 47 seats 22 50 3 11,799 42.48% FFFF00 Government Government after election Rogier II Liberal Party (Belgium) Rogier II Liberal Party (Belgium) Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 11 June 1861.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 66 of the 116 seats. Voter turnout was 58.4%, although only 47,555 people were eligible to vote. 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 File:Belgian Chamber 1861.svg Won Total +/– Liberal Party 15979 36 66 –3 Catholics 11799 22 50 +3 yellow 0 27778 47555 Mackie & Rose,Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p46 Sternberger et al. References Category:1860s elections in Belgium General Belgium Belgium