Belgian general election, 1880

8 June 1880 (1880-06-08)

66 of the 132 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
67 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Liberal	Catholic
Last election	72 seats	60 seats
Seats won	74	58
Seat change	2	2

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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
Party	Votes	%	Won	Total	+/–
Liberal Party	21,283	50.3	26	74	+2
Catholic Party	20,700	48.9	40	58	–2
Others	318	0.8	0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	3,486	–	–	–	–
Total	45,787	100	66	132	0
Registered voters/turnout	62,936	67.2	–	–	–
Source: Mackie & Rose,^[3] Sternberger et al

References

↑ Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
1 2 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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