Partial general elections were held in

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on 8 June 1886.''Codebook'' Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) ''Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband'', p105 In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 98 of the 138 seats. Under the alternating system, elections were only held in four out of the nine provinces: Hainaut,

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and

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. The Catholics continued their gains, after the 1884 elections that gave them a victory over the Liberals. With the defeat of the Liberals by the Catholics in the eight-member

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, the Catholics now had all "Flemish" seats. Catholics also gained both seats of the

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and two out of seven in the

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Results

Chamber of Representatives

References

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