1906 Belgian general election
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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]
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 | |||||
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Won | ||||||||
Catholic Party | 526,856 | 44.92 | 41 | |||||
Liberal–Socialist kartels | 224,357 | 19.13 | 12 | |||||
Liberal Party | 207,341 | 17.68 | 15 | |||||
Catholic Workers' Party | 109,590 | 9.34 | 9 | |||||
Belgian Labour Party | 72,224 | 6.16 | 6 | |||||
Christene Volkspartij | 9,800 | 0.84 | 0 | |||||
Merchants | 5,231 | 0.45 | 0 | |||||
Catholic dissidents | 2,724 | 0.23 | 0 | |||||
Flemish People's Party | 1,284 | 0.11 | 0 | |||||
Workers' Party | 802 | 0.07 | 0 | |||||
Socialist dissidents | 428 | 0.04 | 0 | |||||
Independents | 12,191 | 1.04 | 0 | |||||
Total | 1,172,828 | 100.00 | 83 | |||||
Source: Belgian Elections |
References
- ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p308