1880 Belgian general election
First party
Second party
Leader
Walthère Frère-Orban
Jules Malou
Party
Liberal
Catholic
Leader since
Candidate for PM
Candidate for PM
Seats before
72 seats
60 seats
Seats won
26
40
Seats after
74
58
Seat change
2
2
Popular vote
21,283
20,700
Percentage
50.31%
48.94%
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 8 June 1880.[ 1] [ 2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Liberal Party , which won 74 of the 132 seats.[ 2] Voter turnout was 67.2%, although only 62,936 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 .
A special election was held on 21 August 1880 to elect a representative for the arrondissement of Oudenaarde following the death of Auguste Devos on 21 July 1880. Florent De Bleeckere was elected to succeed him.
Results
Chamber of Representatives
Party Votes % Seats Won Total +/– Liberal Party 21,283 50.31 26 74 +2 Catholic Party 20,700 48.94 40 58 –2 Others 318 0.75 0 0 New Total 42,301 100.00 66 132 0 Total votes 42,301 – Registered voters/turnout 62,936 67.21 Source: Mackie & Rose,[ 3] Sternberger et al .
References
^ 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, pp48–49