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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. |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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===Chamber of Representatives=== |
===Chamber of Representatives=== |
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|align=left|[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]|| |
|align=left|[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]||18,966||52.6||48||72||+15 |
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|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||2,697||–||–||–||– |
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|align=left|'''Total'''||'''38,748'''||'''100'''||'''66'''||'''132'''||'''+8''' |
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|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||57,640||62.5||–||–||– |
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|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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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 | ||
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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 |
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Liberal Party | 36 | ||
Catholic Party | 30 | ||
Total | 66 | ||
Source: Sternberger et al. |