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United Kingdom general election, 1852
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| 1852 election |
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The 1852 UK general election was very close, Lord John Russell's Whigs again winning the popular vote, but once again Conservative candidates won a very slight majority. Again the split between Protectionist Tories, led by the Earl of Derby and the Peelites made the formation of a majority government very difficult. Lord Derby's minority Protectionist government soon collapsed, bringing about a Peelite-Whig coalition government under Lord Aberdeen, one of the leading Peelites, which collapsed during the Crimean War.
| Party | Votes | Seats | Loss/Gain | Share of Vote (%) |
| Whigs | 430,882 | 324 | + 29 | 58.4 |
| Conservative | 311,481 | 330 | + 5 | 41.4 |
| Chartist | 1,551 | 0 | - 1 | 0.2 |
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