1888 Belgian general election

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 12 June 1888.[1][2] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 98 of the 138 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 47 of the 69 seats in the Senate.[2]

12 June 1888 (1888-06-12)

69 of the 138 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
70 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Leader	Auguste Beernaert
Party	Catholic	Liberal
Leader since	Candidate for PM
Seats before	98 seats	40 seats
Seats won	66	3
Seats after	98	40
Seat change
Popular vote	31,273	19,967
Percentage	58.44%	37.31%

Government before election

Beernaert
Catholic

Elected Government

Beernaert
Catholic

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Under the alternating system, elections were held in only five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Party	Votes	%	Won	Total	+/–
Catholic Party	31,273	58.4	66	98	0
Liberal Party	19,967	37.3	3	40	0
Others	2,277	4.3	0	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–	–
Total	53,517	100	69	138	0
Registered voters/turnout	73,276		–	–	–
Source: Mackie & Rose,[3] Sternberger et al

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Catholic Party			47
Liberal Party			18
Independents			4
Total			69
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003
Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105
Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, pp50–51

Elections and referendums in Belgium (list)
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Referendums	1950

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