Belgian general election, 1884

Belgian general election, 1884
Belgium
10 June 1884 (1884-06-10)

69 of the 138 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
70 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Catholic Liberal
Last election 59 seats 79 seats
Seats won 86 52
Seat change Increase17 Decrease17
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Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 10 June, 17 June and 8 July 1884.[1][2] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 86 of the 138 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 43 of the 69 seats in the Senate.[2] Voter turnout was 79.1%, although only 69,276 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. Special elections were held in the arrondissements of Aalst and Sint-Niklaas, for one representative in each.

The election ended the First School War. The Liberal government under Walthère Frère-Orban, which aimed to secularize education, lost the election. The Catholic Party under Jules Malou gained an absolute majority, which they would retain until the First World War.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Party Votes % Seats
Won Total +/–
Catholic Party33,42861.06786+17
Liberal Party21,29438.9252–17
Others680.1000
Invalid/blank votes3,366
Total58,156100691380
Registered voters/turnout69,27679.1
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Sternberger et al

Senate

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Catholic Party 43+11
Liberal Party 26–11
Total 690
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

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