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1910 Belgian general election

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Field	Value
country	Belgium
type	parliamentary
previous_election	1908 Belgian general election
previous_year	1908
next_election	1912 Belgian general election
next_year	1912
seats_for_election	87 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
election_date	22 May 1910
image1	Frans_Schollaert.jpg
leader1	Frans Schollaert
party1	Catholic Party (Belgium)
seats1	49
popular_vote1	676,849
percentage1	53.11%
image2	3x4.svg
party2	Liberal Party (Belgium)
seats2	15
popular_vote2	236,467
percentage2	18.55%
leader4	Georges Maes
party4	Belgian Labour Party
seats4	6
popular_vote4	85,326
percentage4	6.69%
image5	3x4.svg
leader5	N/A
party5	Liberal–Socialist
seats5	17
popular_vote5	243,063
percentage5	19.07%
color5	800080
title	Government
posttitle	Government after election
before_election	Schollaert
before_party	Catholic Party (Belgium)
after_election	Schollaert
after_party	Catholic Party (Belgium)

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 22 May 1910.{{Cite book The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 49 of the 87 seats up for election in the Chamber of Representatives.

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

Results

Liberal Adolphe May defeated Catholic Emile de Lalieux de La Rocq in Nivelles and socialist Joseph Bologne defeated liberal Léopold Gillard in Namur. All other representatives were either re-elected, or succeeded by candidates of the same party. Notably, Camille Huysmans (socialist of Antwerp) was elected for the first time.

References

Nohlen & Stöver, p308
[http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/nl/result_ko.php?date=1910-05-22&vt=CK&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263 Belgian Elections]

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