1910 Belgian general election

1910 Belgian general election

← 1908 22 May 1910 1912 →
85 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
First party Second party   Leader Frans Schollaert Party Catholic Liberal Leader since Candidate for PM Seats before 78 seats 36 seats Seats won 49 15 Seats after 86 36 Seat change 8 Popular vote 676,849 236,467 Percentage 53.11% 18.55%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Georges Maes N/A Party Labour LSK Leader since 1903 N/A Seats before 25 seats 15 seats Seats won 6 17 Seats after 25 20 Seat change 3 Popular vote 85,326 243,063 Percentage 6.69% 19.07%
Government before election Schollaert Catholic Government after election Schollaert Catholic

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 22 May 1910.^[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 49 of the 85 seats up for election 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.

Results[]

Liberal defeated Catholic in Nivelles and socialist Joseph Bologne defeated liberal in Namur. All other representatives were either re-elected, or succeeded by candidates of the same party. Notably, Camille Huysmans (socialist of Antwerp) was elected for the first time.

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