1850 Belgian general election First party Second party Leader Charles Rogier Party Liberal Catholic Leader since Candidate for PM Seats before 83 seats 25 seats Seats won 32 22 Seats after 69 39 Seat change 14 14 Popular vote 15,320 11,618 Percentage 54.80% 41.56%
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 11 June 1850.[ 1] [ 2] In the Chamber of Representatives elections the result was a victory for the Liberal Party , who won 69 of the 108 seats.[ 2] Voter turnout was 69.1%, although only 40,435 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 .
Chamber of Representatives [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats Won Total +/– Liberal Party 15,320 54.80 32 69 –14 Catholics 11,618 41.56 22 39 +14 Others 1,016 3.63 0 0 0 Total 27,954 100.00 54 108 0 Total votes 27,954 – Registered voters/turnout 40,435 69.13 Source: Mackie & Rose,[ 3] Sternberger et al .
^ 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