1925 Belgian general election

1925 Belgian general election

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187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 93 seats in the Senate
First party Second party Third party   Leader Joseph Van Roosbroeck Aloys Van de Vyvere Édouard Pecher Party Labour Catholic Liberal Leader since 1918 Candidate for PM 1924 Last election 68 seats, 34.81% 70 seats, 34.02% 33 seats, 17.80% Seats won 78 78 23 Seat change 10 8 10 Popular vote 821,116 778,366 304,757 Percentage 39.48% 37.42% 14.65% Swing 4.47% 3.40% 3.15%
Government before election Theunis I Catholic-Liberal Government after election Van de Vyvere Catholic

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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[]

Chamber of Representatives[]

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Belgian Labour Party	821,116	39.48	78	+10
	Catholic Party	778,336	37.42	78	+8
	Liberal Party	304,757	14.65	23	–10
Frontpartij		80,407	3.87	6	+2
Communist Party of Belgium		34,149	1.64	2	New
Other parties		61,858	2.97	0	–1
Invalid/blank votes		0	–	–	–
Total		2,080,047	100	187	+1
Source: Belgian Elections

Senate[]

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
Other parties		64,430	3.18	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		0	–	–	–
Total		2,028,197	100	93	0
Source: Belgian Elections

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