1854 Belgian general election First party Second party Leader Henri de Brouckère Pierre de Decker Party Liberal Catholic Leader since Candidate for PM Candidate for PM Seats before 57 seats 51 seats Seats won 28 26 Seats after 54 54 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 16,087 11,921 Percentage 57.44% 42.56%
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 13 June 1854.[ 1] [ 2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the Liberal Party and the Catholics won 54 seats each.[ 2] Voter turnout was 61%, although only 45,884 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 16,087 57.44 28 54 –3 Catholics 11,921 42.56 26 54 +3 Total 28,008 100.00 54 108 0 Total votes 28,008 – Registered voters/turnout 45,884 61.04 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