1837 Belgian general election

none 1837 Belgian general election Belgium parliamentary 1835 Belgian general election 1835 1839 Belgian general election 1839 51 of the 102 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 1837 06 13 yes Government Government after election de Theux de Meylandt I de Theux de Meylandt I Catholic-Liberal Catholic-Liberal Partial general elections were held in Belgium on Tuesday 13 June 1837 in which 51 of the 102 seats in the Chamber of Representatives were elected.Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105 Voter turnout was 56.0%, although only 24,526 people were eligible to vote. Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders. The Senate was not up for election. This was the last election in which Luxembourg Province included the area of the modern Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; in 1839, under the stipulations of the Treaty of London, a portion of the province's constituency of Diekirch, along with the full constituencies of Luxembourg (roughly equal to modern Luxembourg City) and Grevenmacher, became parts of the independent Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.Xavier Heuschling Statistique de la population dans ses rapports avec la représentation narionale Revue de Belgique 30 1878 428 849233859 References Category:1830s elections in Belgium General Belgium Belgium