1864 Belgian general election

none 1864 Belgian general election Belgium parliamentary 1863 Belgian general election 1863 1866 Belgian general election 1866 All 116 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 57 1864 08 11 yes 150x150px Charles Rogier Candidate for PM Liberal Party (Belgium) 59 seats 64 5 39,576 49.74% 100x100px Catholic 57 seats 52 5 39,750 49.96% FFFF00 Government Government after election Rogier II Liberal Party (Belgium) Rogier II Liberal Party (Belgium) General elections were held in Belgium on 11 August 1864,Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105 the first full general elections since 1857. The snap elections were called upon the loss of a parliamentary majority for the liberal government of Charles Rogier and a hung parliament, following the death of liberal representative Charles Cumont on 10 July 1864. In the last few parliamentary sessions preceding the elections, all Catholic members quit the Chamber, resulting in it not being quorate.Parliamentary proceedings of 9 and 12 July 1864, Chamber of Representatives The Chamber was disbanded by order of 16 July. Although the Catholics received the most votes for seats in the Chamber of Representatives, the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 64 of the 116 seats. Liberals gained three seats in Bruges, one seat in Charleroi, two seats in Ghent, one seat in Namur and one seat in Soignies. Catholics gained one seat in Aalst, one seat in Tongeren and one seat in Waremme. This returned a parliamentary majority for the Liberals. Voter turnout was 76.7%, although only 103,717 people (2.1% of the population) were eligible to vote. Results Chamber of Representatives File:Belgian Chamber 1864.svg Catholics 39750 52 –5 yellow Liberal Party 39576 64 +5 Others 240 0 New 79566 0 103717 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