1974 Belgian general election
General elections were held in Belgium on 10 March 1974.[1] The Belgian Socialist Party emerged as the largest faction in the Chamber of Representatives with 59 of the 212 seats. Voter turnout was 90.3%.[2] Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils, as well as for the Council of the German Cultural Community for the first time.
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 Colours denote the winning party in each electoral district (for the Chamber of Deputies).
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Results
Chamber of Deputies
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgian Socialist Party | 1,401,725 | 26.66 | 59 | New |
| Christian People's Party | 1,222,646 | 23.25 | 50 | +10 |
| Party for Freedom and Progress | 798,818 | 15.19 | 30 | +26 |
| People's Union | 536,287 | 10.20 | 22 | +1 |
| Christian Social Party | 478,209 | 9.09 | 22 | +7 |
| FDF-PDLP | 301,303 | 5.73 | 14 | New |
| Walloon Rally | 269,455 | 5.12 | 11 | −1 |
| Belgian Socialist Party (Wallonia) | 164,592 | 3.13 | 0 | −25 |
| Communist Party of Belgium | 107,481 | 2.04 | 2 | New |
| BSP–Red Lions | 86,929 | 1.65 | 0 | New |
| UDP | 58,257 | 1.11 | 0 | New |
| Party for Freedom and Progress (Wallonia) | 20,866 | 0.40 | 0 | −11 |
| AMADA/TPO | 19,794 | 0.38 | 0 | New |
| VFP-PFU | 18,511 | 0.35 | 0 | New |
| MO | 9,184 | 0.17 | 0 | New |
| Party of German-speaking Belgians | 8,700 | 0.17 | 0 | New |
| PLW | 6,846 | 0.13 | 0 | New |
| FDP | 4,729 | 0.09 | 0 | New |
| UDP-DN | 3,623 | 0.07 | 2 | New |
| Rex Fr | 2,764 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| RLiège | 1,810 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| Kaganov | 1,678 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| SAP | 1,445 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
| Diependale | 1,229 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| A74 | 979 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| PRS | 905 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| Zwartberg | 665 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| Trotskyists | 645 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| URB | 389 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| PUR | 184 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 453,108 | – | – | – |
| Total | 5,711,639 | 100 | 212 | 0 |
| Source: Belgian Elections | ||||
Senate
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgian Socialist Party | 1,301,722 | 25.11 | 27 | New |
| Christian People's Party | 1,219,811 | 23.53 | 27 | New |
| Party for Freedom and Progress | 755,694 | 14.58 | 16 | +1 |
| FDF-RW-PDLP | 589,553 | 11.37 | 13 | New |
| People's Union | 545,215 | 10.52 | 10 | New |
| Christian Social Party | 430,512 | 8.30 | 10 | New |
| Communist Party of Belgium | 115,007 | 2.22 | 1 | 0 |
| BSP–Red Lions | 82,959 | 1.60 | 2 | +2 |
| UDP | 60,400 | 1.16 | 0 | 0 |
| Party for Liberty and Progress (Wallonia) | 21,782 | 0.42 | 0 | New |
| AMADA | 16,744 | 0.32 | 0 | New |
| Party of German-speaking Belgians | 15,624 | 0.30 | 0 | New |
| VFP | 11,910 | 0.23 | 0 | New |
| PMO | 5,918 | 0.11 | 0 | New |
| Iependael | 2,874 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
| Zwartberg | 5,129 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
| Kaganovemus | 1,903 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 |
| PMO/URB | 1,078 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| A74 | 942 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
| PLW | 597 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
| PUR | 156 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
| Invalid/blank votes | 527,014 | – | – | – |
| Total | 5,711,729 | 100 | 106 | 0 |
| Source: Belgian Elections | ||||
Council of the German Cultural Community
In this election, the new Council of the German Cultural Community (Rat der deutschen Kulturgemeinschaft) was directly elected for the first time; members of the council had been appointed a year earlier. The council is the precursor to the Parliament of the German-speaking Community.
| Party | 1974 | 1973 | diff. | |
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| perc. | seats | seats | seats | |
| Christian Social Party (CSP) | 46.9% | 12 | 13 | -1 |
| Party of German-speaking Belgians (PJU-PDB) | 25.4% | 6 | 3 | +3 |
| Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF) | 14.9% | 4 | 6 | -2 |
| Socialist Party (SP) | 12.1% | 3 | 3 | = |
| Others | 0.7% | 0 | 0 | = |
| Total | 100.0 | 25 | 25 | 0 |
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p291
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