Partial legislative elections were held in

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on 22 May 1898, with run-off elections held on 29 May. Under the alternating system, elections for the Chamber of Representatives were held in only four out of the nine provinces: Hainaut,

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and

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. Thus, only 75 seats out of the 152 seats in the Chamber of Representatives were up for election. The Catholic Party retained their absolute majority.Nohlen & Stöver, p307 Notably,

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, who was elected in 1894 for Aalst and served one term, was convinced not to run for re-election. His fight for a social Christian Democratic party was opposed by conservative Catholics, especially fellow Aalst MP

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. None of the other "Daensists" (

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) who ran were elected. A special election in

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was held on 24 July 1898.

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was elected to replace Emile Van Hoorde, who became a provincial senator. They were the last regular legislative elections under a majority system; the next elections in 1900 saw the introduction of a proportional system. The newly elected legislature met in regular session on 8 November 1898.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

Constituencies

Liberals gained two seats from Catholics in Ath, socialists gained a seat from Catholics and a seat from liberals in Thuin, socialists gained a seat from liberals in Huy and Catholics gained four seats from socialists in Verviers, resulting in a total of one seat changing from socialists to Catholics.

References

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