1906 Belgian general election

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1906 Belgian general election

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85 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
  Paul de Smet de Naeyer.jpg No image.png No image.png
Leader Paul de Smet de Naeyer Georges Maes
Party Catholic Liberal Labour
Leader since Candidate for PM 1903
Seats before 92 seats 42 seats 29 seats
Seats won 41 15 6
Seats after 79 37 25
Seat change Decrease 13 Decrease 5 Decrease 4
Popular vote 526,856 207,341 72,224
Percentage 44.92% 17.68% 22.64%

  Fourth party Fifth party
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Leader N/A
Party LSK PCO
Leader since N/A
Seats before New New
Seats won 12 9
Seats after 12 9
Seat change New New
Popular vote 224,357 109,590
Percentage 19.13% 9.34%

Belgian Chamber 1906.svg

Government before election

de Smet de Naeyer II
Catholic

Government after election

de Smet de Naeyer II
Catholic

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 27 May 1906.[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 50 of the 85 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.[2]

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

The Catholic Party lost its majority in the Chamber of Representatives for the first time since 1884.

Results[]

Party Votes % Seats won Total seats +/-
Catholic Party 526,856 44.92 41 79 -13
Liberal-Socialist Kartels 224,357 19.13 12 12 New
Liberal Party 207,341 17.68 15 37 -5
Catholic Workers' Party 109,590 9.34 9 9 New
Belgian Labour Party 72,224 6.16 6 25 -4
Christian Democratic Party 9,800 0.84 0 0 -1
Catholic Dissidents 2,724 0.23 0 1 0
Christene Volkspartij - - 0 1 0
Other parties 29,736 2.54 0 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 0 - -
Total 1,117,940 100 83 164 -2
Source: Belgian Elections

References[]

  1. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p308
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