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

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

  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
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