1880 Belgian general election

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.

1880 Belgian general election

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66 of the 132 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
67 seats needed for a majority
  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 Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 21,283 20,700
Percentage 50.31% 48.94%

Government before election

Frère-Orban II
Liberal

Government after election

Frère-Orban II
Liberal

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

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Chamber of Representatives

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PartyVotes%Seats
WonTotal+/–
Liberal Party21,28350.312674+2
Catholic Party20,70048.944058–2
Others3180.7500New
Total42,301100.00661320
Total votes42,301
Registered voters/turnout62,93667.21
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Sternberger et al.

References

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  1. ^ Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
  2. ^ a b 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