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1839 Belgian General Election

11 June 1839 · The censitaire kingdom · 47 seats

Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in four out of the nine provinces: East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège and Limburg. Thus, 47 of the 98 Chamber seats were up for election.

A censitaire election: only taxpaying men — around one to two per cent of the population — could vote. Recorded here as history, not a mass democratic election.

Prime Minister before

Prime Minister (continued)

Largest force

Catholics

27 of 47 seats

Turnout

The result

Share of the Chamber of Representatives
Catholics27
Liberals12
Independents8