1908 Belgian general election

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 24 May 1908.[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 37 of the 82 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.[2] The François Schollaert government remained in office.

1908 Belgian general election

24 May 1908
81 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
Leader Frans Schollaert Party Catholic Liberal Leader since Candidate for PM Seats before 79 seats 37 seats Seats won 37 15 Seats after 78 36 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 517,679 331,981 Percentage 43.11% 27.64%   Leader Georges Maes N/A Party Labour LSK Leader since 1903 N/A Seats before 25 seats 12 seats Seats won 19 3 Seats after 25 15 Seat change 3 Popular vote 271,870 40,068 Percentage 22.64% 3.34%
Government before election Schollaert Catholic Elected Government Schollaert Catholic

Under the alternating system, elections were only held in four out of the nine provinces: Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats won	Total seats	+/-
Catholic Party	517,679	43.11	37	78	-1
Liberal Party	331,981	27.64	21	36	-1
Belgian Labour Party	271,870	22.64	19	25	0
Liberal-Socialist Kartels	40,068	3.34	3	15	+3
Christian Democratic Party	25,167	2.11	1	1	+1
Catholic Dissidents	6,879	0.57	0	0	-1
Other parties	7,262	0.60	0	0	0
Catholic Workers' Party	-	–	0	9	0
Christene Volkspartij	-	–	0	0	-1
Invalid/blank votes	38,725	–	–	-	-
Total	1,239,631	100	82	164	0
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