1876 Belgian general election

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13 June 1876 (1876-06-13)

63 of the 124 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
63 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Jules Malou	Walthère Frère-Orban
Party	Catholic	Liberal
Leader since	Candidate for PM	Candidate for PM
Seats before	68 seats	56 seats
Seats won	42	21
Seats after	67	57
Seat change	1	1
Popular vote	22,952	19,788
Percentage	53.70%	46.30%

Government before election

Malou I
Catholic

Government after election

Malou I
Catholic

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Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 1876. In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 67 of the 124 seats. Voter turnout was 67.5%, although only 63,278 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.

Additionally, special elections were held:

Simultaneously with the partial general elections to elect a representative for the arrondissement of Liège
On 7 August 1876 to elect a representative for the arrondissement of Leuven following the death of Edouard Wouters on 13 July 1876
On 7 September 1876 to elect a representative for the arrondissement of Virton replacing Albert de Briey

Results

Chamber of Representatives



Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Won	Total	+/–
	Catholic Party	22,952	53.70	42	67	–1
	Liberal Party	19,788	46.30	21	57	+1
Total		42,740	100.00	63	124	0

Total votes		42,740	–
Registered voters/turnout		63,278	67.54
Source: Mackie & Rose, Sternberger et al.

References

Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
^ 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, pp48–49

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