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| seats_for_election = All 132 seats in the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]]
| seats_for_election = 66 of the 132 seats in the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]]
| majority_seats = 67
| majority_seats = 67
| election_date = {{Start date|1878|06|11|df=yes}}
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'''General elections''' were held in [[Belgium]] on 11 June 1878.<ref>''Codebook'' Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003</ref><ref name=DS>Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) ''Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband'', p105</ref> The result was a victory for the [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]], which won 72 of the 132 seats in the [[Belgian Chamber of Representatives|Chamber of Representatives]] and 36 of the 66 seats in the [[Belgian Senate|Senate]].<ref name=DS/> Voter turnout was 72.0%, although only 91,777 people were eligible to vote.<ref name=DS/>
Partial '''general elections''' were held in [[Belgium]] on 11 June 1878.<ref>''Codebook'' Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003</ref><ref name=DS>Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) ''Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband'', p105</ref> The result was a victory for the [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]], which won 72 of the 132 seats in the [[Belgian Chamber of Representatives|Chamber of Representatives]] and 36 of the 66 seats in the [[Belgian Senate|Senate]].<ref name=DS/> Voter turnout was 62.5%, although only 56,640 people were eligible to vote.


==Results==
==Results==
===Chamber of Representatives===
===Chamber of Representatives===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!Party
!rowspan=2|Party
!Votes
!rowspan=2|Votes
!rowspan=2|%
!%
!Seats
!colspan=3|Seats
|-
!Won
!Total
!+/–
!+/–
|-
|-
|align=left|[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]|| || ||72||+15
|align=left|[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]||18,966||52.6||48||72||+15
|-
⚫
|align=left|[[Catholic Party (Belgium)|Catholic Party]]||17,085||47.4||18||60||–7
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||2,697||–||–||–||–
|-
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''38,748'''||'''100'''||'''66'''||'''132'''||'''+8'''
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|align=left|[[Catholic Party (Belgium)|Catholic Party]]|| || ||60||–7
|-
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''|| || ||'''132'''||'''+8'''
|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||57,640||62.5||–||–||–
|-
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source: Sternberger et al.
|align=left colspan=6|Source: Mackie & Rose,<ref name=T>Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) ''The International Almanac of Electoral History'', Macmillan, pp48–49</ref> Sternberger et al
|}
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Revision as of 12:24, 22 October 2015

Belgian general election, 1878
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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 57 seats 67 seats
Seats won 72 60
Seat change Increase15 Decrease7
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Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 11 June 1878.[1][2] The result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 72 of the 132 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 36 of the 66 seats in the Senate.[2] Voter turnout was 62.5%, although only 56,640 people were eligible to vote.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Party Votes % Seats
Won Total +/–
Liberal Party 18,966 52.6 48 72 +15
Catholic Party 17,085 47.4 18 60 –7
Invalid/blank votes 2,697 – – – –
Total 38,748 100 66 132 +8
Registered voters/turnout 57,640 62.5 – – –
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Sternberger et al

Senate

Party Votes % Seats
Liberal Party 36
Catholic Party 30
Total 66
Source: 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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