1904 Belgian general election
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Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 29 May 1904.[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 38 of the 81 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.[2]
Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in the provinces of Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders and Senate elections were only held in the remaining five provinces, being Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.
The main issue in the election was "the hostility of the Liberals to the growth of clerical influence, particularly in educational and political affairs."[3]
Results[]
Chamber[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats won | Total seats | +/- |
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Catholic Party | 486,643 | 43.53 | 38 | 92 | -1 |
Belgian Labour Party | 297,847 | 26.64 | 19 | 29 | -3 |
Liberal Party | 283,411 | 25.35 | 22 | 42 | +9 |
Catholic Dissidents | 17,391 | 1.56 | 1 | 1 | +1 |
Christian Democratic Party | 11,281 | 1.01 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
Christene Volkspartij | 9,480 | 0.85 | 1 | 1 | New |
Other parties | 11,887 | 1.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Radical Party | - | - | 0 | 0 | -2 |
Invalid/blank votes | 0 | - | – | - | - |
Total | 1,117,940 | 100 | 81 | 166 | +4 |
Source: Belgian Elections |
Senate[]
Party | Votes | % | Seats won | Total seats |
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Catholic Party | 511,745 | 55.45 | 25 | 37 |
Liberal Party | 352,028 | 38.21 | 16 | 39 |
Belgian Labour Party | 37,570 | 4.08 | 1 | 5 |
National Independents | 19,991 | 2.17 | 1 | 1 |
Radical Party | - | - | 0 | 4 |
Social Radical Party | - | - | 0 | 1 |
Invalid/blank votes | 0 | - | – | - |
Total | 921,334 | 100 | 43 | 87 |
Source: Belgian Elections |
References[]
- ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p308
- ^ Garner, J. W. (1904). "Record of Political Events". Political Science Quarterly. 19 (4): 746. doi:10.2307/2140340. ISSN 0032-3195.
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- 1904 elections in Europe
- 1900s elections in Belgium
- 1904 in Belgium
- May 1904 events