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1872 Belgian general election

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1872 Belgian general election

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63 of the 124 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
63 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt Walthère Frère-Orban
Party Catholic Liberal
Leader since Candidate for PM Candidate for PM
Seats before 72 seats 52 seats
Seats won 43 20
Seats after 71 53
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 20,949 9,455
Percentage 68.75% 31.03%

Government before election

de Theux de Meylandt III
Catholic

Government after election

de Theux de Meylandt III
Catholic

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on Tuesday 11 June 1872.[1][2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 71 of the 124 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 55.5%, although only 54,933 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.

The incumbent government was a Catholic government led by Jules Malou.

Results

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Chamber of Representatives

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PartyVotes%Seats
WonTotal+/–
Catholic Party20,94968.754371–1
Liberal Party9,45531.032053+1
Others660.2200New
Total30,470100.00631240
Total votes30,470
Registered voters/turnout54,93355.47
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Sternberger et al.

The results exclude the voting figures for the Nivelles constituency.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
  2. ^ a b Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105
  3. ^ a b Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp48–49