Belgian general election, 1863

9 June 1863 (1863-06-09)

58 of the 116 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 57 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Liberal	Catholic
Last election	66 seats	50 seats
Seats won	59	57
Seat change	7	7

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Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 9 June 1863.^[1]^[2] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 59 of the 116 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 33 of the 58 seats in the Senate.^[2] Voter turnout was 74.5%, although only 52,519 people were eligible to vote.

Under the alternating system, elections for the Chamber of Representatives were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders. Additionally, special elections were held in the arrondissements of Tournai, Ghent and Hasselt.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Party	Votes	%	Won	Total	+/–
Catholics	21,310	54.5	34	57	+7
Liberal Party	17,799	45.5	24	59	–7
Invalid/blank votes	1,456	–	–	–	–
Total	40,565	100	58	116	0
Registered voters/turnout	52,519	74.5	–	–	–
Source: Mackie & Rose,^[3] Sternberger et al

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Liberal Party			33
Catholics			25
Total			58
Sternberger et al.

References

↑ Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
1 2 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

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