1855 Belgian general election (original) (raw)
General elections were held in Belgium on 12 June 1855. In the Senate elections, Catholics won 31 seats and the Liberal Party won 23. Voter turnout was the lowest in Belgian history at just 35.0%, although only 42,907 people were eligible to vote. The Chamber was not up for election this year.
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| dbo:abstract | General elections were held in Belgium on 12 June 1855. In the Senate elections, Catholics won 31 seats and the Liberal Party won 23. Voter turnout was the lowest in Belgian history at just 35.0%, although only 42,907 people were eligible to vote. The Chamber was not up for election this year. (en) Gedeeltelijke verkiezingen voor de Senaat vonden plaats in België op dinsdag 12 juni 1855. De senatoren in de kieskringen Gent, Eeklo, Aalst, Oudenaarde, Dendermonde, Sint-Niklaas, Charleroi, Bergen, Doornik, Aat, Thuin, Zinnik, Luik, Verviers, Hoei-Borgworm, Hasselt en Tongeren-Maaseik werden herverkozen. Voor de Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers waren er geen verkiezingen dit jaar. De opkomst was met 35% de laagste in de Belgische geschiedenis. In het arrondissement Gent waren er 5881 ingeschreven kiezers en waren er 2202 stemmers, die de zittende katholieke senatoren Ferdinand d'Hoop, Louis Maertens en Jean Vergauwen-Goethals (zonder tegenkandidaten) herverkozen. (nl) |
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| rdfs:comment | General elections were held in Belgium on 12 June 1855. In the Senate elections, Catholics won 31 seats and the Liberal Party won 23. Voter turnout was the lowest in Belgian history at just 35.0%, although only 42,907 people were eligible to vote. The Chamber was not up for election this year. (en) Gedeeltelijke verkiezingen voor de Senaat vonden plaats in België op dinsdag 12 juni 1855. De senatoren in de kieskringen Gent, Eeklo, Aalst, Oudenaarde, Dendermonde, Sint-Niklaas, Charleroi, Bergen, Doornik, Aat, Thuin, Zinnik, Luik, Verviers, Hoei-Borgworm, Hasselt en Tongeren-Maaseik werden herverkozen. Voor de Kamer van volksvertegenwoordigers waren er geen verkiezingen dit jaar. De opkomst was met 35% de laagste in de Belgische geschiedenis. (nl) |
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