1831 Belgian general election

1831 Belgian general election
29 August 1831 (1831-08-29) 1833 →
All 102 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and all 51 seats in the Senate
Government before election

de Mûelenaere
Catholic-Liberal

Government after election

de Mûelenaere
Catholic-Liberal

General elections were held in Belgium on 29 August 1831.[1] They were the first elections to the new bicameral parliament created by the constitution adopted in February 1831.

In the Senate elections Catholics won 31 seats and Liberals four.[1] Voter turnout was 62.2%, although only 46,000 people (1.1% of the country's population) were eligible to vote.[1]

On 8 September 1831, King Leopold I of Belgium opened the 1831–1832 parliamentary session, the first ever of the Belgian Parliament.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105
  2. ^ Discours du Trône pour l'ouverture de la session 1831-1832, prononcé par Sa Majesté, Chamber of Representatives