1906 Belgian general election

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]

1906 Belgian general election

27 May 1906

85 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
 
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 13 5 4
Popular vote 526,856 207,341 72,224
Percentage 44.92% 17.68% 22.64%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
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%

Government before election

de Smet de Naeyer II
Catholic

Elected Government

de Smet de Naeyer II
Catholic

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 Party526,85644.924179-13
Liberal-Socialist Kartels224,35719.131212New
Liberal Party207,34117.681537-5
Catholic Workers' Party109,5909.3499New
Belgian Labour Party72,2246.16625-4
Christian Democratic Party9,8000.8400-1
Catholic Dissidents2,7240.23010
Christene Volkspartij--010
Other parties29,7362.54000
Invalid/blank votes0--
Total1,117,94010083164-2
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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