Belgian general election, 1847

8 June 1847 (1847-06-08)

54 of the 108 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 55 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Liberal	Catholic
Seats won	55	53

Government before election

de Theux de Meylandt II
Catholic

Elected Government

Rogier I
Liberal

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Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 8 June 1847.^[1] The result was a victory for the new Liberal Association, which had been formed the previous year.^[2] It won 33 seats to the Catholics' 21, as the latter were split into dogmatic and liberal groups.^[2] Voter turnout was 77%,^[3] although only 1% of the country's population was eligible to vote.^[4]

While the liberals gained a majority in the Chamber, the Catholics retained theirs in the Senate. Following the election, the Catholic government led by Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt resigned. After a political crisis of two months, a liberal government was formed on 12 August 1847, headed by Charles Rogier. The liberals would go on to win the 1848 elections.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Party	Votes	%	Won	Total
Liberal Association	9,142	52.1	33	55
Catholics	8,298	47.3	21	53
Others	101	0.6	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	1,365	−	−	−
Total	18,906	100	54	108
Registered voters/turnout	22,572	77.7	−	−
Source: Mackie & Rose

Senate

Party	Seats	+/–
Catholics	32	0
Liberal Association	20	+7
Others	2	0
Total	54	+7
Sternberger et al.

References

↑ Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
1 2 Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 270. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
↑ Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p46
↑ Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105

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