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1854 Belgian general election
First party
Second party
Leader
Henri de Brouckère
Pierre de Decker
Party
Liberal
Catholic
Leader since
Candidate for PM
Candidate for PM
Seats before
57 seats
51 seats
Seats won
28
26
Seats after
54
54
Seat change
3
3
Popular vote
16,087
11,921
Percentage
57.44%
42.56%
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 1854.[1] [2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the Liberal Party and Catholics won 54 seats each.[2] Voter turnout was 61%, although only 45,884 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 [ edit ]
Chamber of Representatives [ edit ]
Party Votes % Seats Won Total +/– Liberal Party 16,087 57.44 28 54 –3 Catholics 11,921 42.56 26 54 +3 Total 28,008 100.00 54 108 0 Total votes 28,008 – Registered voters/turnout 45,884 61.04 Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Sternberger et al .
References [ edit ]
^ Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
^ a b Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband , p105
^ Thomas T. Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History , Macmillan, p46