1921 Belgian general election

1921 Belgian general election

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186 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 93 seats in the Senate
First party Second party Third party   Leader Georges Theunis Joseph Van Roosbroeck Albert Mechelynck Party Catholic Labour Liberal Leader since Candidate for PM 1918 1920 Last election 70 seats, 35.19% 70 seats, 36.62% 34 seats, 17.65% Seats won 70 68 33 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 657,245 672,478 343,959 Percentage 34.02% 34.81% 17.80% Swing 1.17% 1.81% 0.15%
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General elections were held in Belgium on 20 November 1921.^[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 70 of the 186 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.^[2] Voter turnout was 91.1% in the Chamber election and 91.0% in the Senate election.^[3]

Elections to the nine provincial councils were held one week later, on 27 November 1921.

A Catholic–Liberal government led by Georges Theunis was formed following the elections.

Results[]

Chamber of Representatives[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Belgian Labour Party	672,478	34.81	68	–2
	Catholic Party	657,245	34.02	70	0
	Liberal Party	343,959	17.80	33	–1
Frontpartij		58,790	3.04	4	–1
Christene Volkspartij		57,183	2.96	6	New
Catholic Dissidents		42,856	2.22	3	0
Christian Workers' Alliance		26,392	1.37	1	New
Combatants		19,401	0.3	1	-1
Other parties		53,662	2.78	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		95,349	–	–	–
Total		2,027,315	100	186	0
Source: Belgian Elections

Senate[]

A constitutional change eased the requirements to be a candidate for the Senate. As a compensation, the number of senators elected by provincial councils was increased from 27 to 40 and a new type of senators was introduced: 20 co-opted senators. This gives a total of 153 senators.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Belgian Labour Party	661,168	35.48	33	+13
	Catholic Party	606,799	32.57	34	–9
	Liberal Party	362,187	19.44	18	-12
United Catholics Party		93,061	4.99	5	New
Christene Volkspartij		51,928	2.79	2	New
Catholic Workers' Alliance		16,588	0.89	1	New
Other parties		71,601	3.84	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		0	–	–	–
Total		1,863,332	100	93	0
Source: Belgian Elections

Constituencies[]

The distribution of seats among the electoral districts was as follows:^[4][5]

Additionally, 20 senators were co-opted.

References[]