1852 Belgian general election

1852 Belgian general election

8 June 1852 (1852-06-08)
54 of the 108 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 55 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Charles Rogier Party Liberal Catholic Leader since Candidate for PM Seats before 69 seats 39 seats Seats won 31 23 Seats after 57 51 Seat change 12 12 Popular vote 16,688 12,404 Percentage 57.36% 42.64%
Government before election Rogier I Liberal Government after election Rogier I Liberal

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Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 8 June 1852.^[1][2] In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, who won 57 of the 108 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 69.2%, although only 42,053 people were eligible to vote.

Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in four out of the nine provinces: East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège and Limburg. Thus, 54 of the 108 Chamber seats were up for election.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Won	Total	+/–
	Liberal Party	16,688	57.36	31	57	–12
	Catholics	12,404	42.64	23	51	+12
Total		29,092	100.00	54	108	0
Total votes		29,092	–
Registered voters/turnout		42,053	69.18
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Sternberger et al.

The division of seats among the electoral districts was as follows:^[4]