1850 Belgian general election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1850 Belgian general election

| country = Belgium

| type = parliamentary

| previous_election = 1848 Belgian general election

| previous_year = 1848

| next_election = 1852 Belgian general election

| next_year = 1852

| seats_for_election = 54 of the 108 seats in the Chamber of Representatives

| majority_seats = 55

| election_date = {{Start date|1850|06|11|df=yes}}

| image1 = 150x150px

| leader1 = Charles Rogier

| leader_since1 = Candidate for PM

| party1 = Liberal Party (Belgium)

| seats_before1 = 83 seats

| seats1 = 32

| seats_after1 = 69

| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 14

| popular_vote1 = 15,320

| percentage1 = 54.80%

| swing1 =

| image2 = 100x100px

| leader2 =

| leader_since2 =

| party2 = Catholic

| seats_before2 = 25 seats

| seats2 = 22

| seats_after2 = 39

| seat_change2 = {{increase}} 14

| popular_vote2 = 11,618

| percentage2 = 41.56%

| swing2 =

| color2 = FFFF00

| title = Government

| posttitle = Government after election

| before_election = Rogier I

| before_party = Liberal Party (Belgium)

| after_election = Rogier I

| after_party = Liberal Party (Belgium)

}}{{Politics of Belgium}}

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 11 June 1850.Codebook Constituency-level Elections Archive, 2003Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105 In the Chamber of Representatives elections the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, who won 69 of the 108 seats. Voter turnout was 69.1%, although only 40,435 people were eligible to vote.

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