1925 Belgian general election
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General elections were held in Belgium on 5 April 1925.[1] The result was a victory for the Belgian Labour Party, which won 78 of the 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.[2] Voter turnout was 92.8% in the Chamber election and 92.7% in the Senate election.[3]
An extra seat in the Chamber of Representatives was assigned to the arrondissement of Verviers, after the annexation of Eupen-Malmedy.
Following the elections, Aloys Van de Vyvere formed a Catholic minority government. After he failed to receive the confidence of the other parties in parliament, a Catholic-Labour government was formed led by Prosper Poullet.
Results
[edit]Chamber of Representatives
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Belgian Labour Party | 821,116 | 39.46 | 78 | +10 | |
Catholic Party | 778,366 | 37.41 | 78 | 0 | |
Liberal Party | 304,757 | 14.65 | 23 | –10 | |
Frontpartij | 80,407 | 3.86 | 6 | +2 | |
Communist Party of Belgium | 34,149 | 1.64 | 2 | +2 | |
Christian Workers' Alliance | 19,642 | 0.94 | 0 | 0 | |
Farmers | 16,106 | 0.77 | 0 | – | |
Middle Class Party | 9,999 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | |
Christian Democrats | 4,450 | 0.21 | 0 | – | |
Legionnaires | 4,005 | 0.19 | 0 | – | |
Agricultural Unions | 2,966 | 0.14 | 0 | – | |
Radical Socialists | 2,117 | 0.10 | 0 | – | |
National Legion | 919 | 0.04 | 0 | – | |
Neutral | 731 | 0.04 | 0 | – | |
Walloon National Party | 642 | 0.03 | 0 | – | |
Independents | 281 | 0.01 | 0 | – | |
Total | 2,080,653 | 100.00 | 187 | +1 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,346,096 | – | |||
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Belgian Elections |
Senate
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
Belgian Labour Party | 828,854 | 40.87 | 39 | +6 | |
Catholic Party | 757,804 | 37.36 | 38 | +4 | |
Liberal Party | 324,823 | 16.02 | 13 | –5 | |
Catholic dissidents | 52,286 | 2.58 | 3 | New | |
Frontpartij | 46,417 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 | |
Farmers | 5,800 | 0.29 | 0 | New | |
Middle Class Party | 1,965 | 0.10 | 0 | 0 | |
Radical Socialists | 1,486 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
Catholic National Party | 1,332 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
Walloon National Party | 654 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 6,776 | 0.33 | 0 | New | |
Total | 2,028,197 | 100.00 | 93 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,346,096 | – | |||
Source: Belgian Elections |
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p308
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p290