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Belgian general election, 1981
Colours denote the winning party in each electoral district (for the Chamber of Deputies).
General elections were held in Belgium on 8 November 1981.[ 1] Voter turnout was 94.5% in the Chamber election and 94.6% in the Senate election.[ 2] Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils and for the Council of the German Cultural Community . They were the first elections after the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18. This contributed to the success of the socialist parties and the green parties (Agalev and Ecolo). The traditionally largest Christian People's Party saw significant losses, with only 43 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives .
Results
Chamber of Deputies
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Christian People's Party
1,165,239
19.34
43
–14
Party for Freedom and Progress
776,871
12.89
28
+6
Parti Socialiste
733,137
12.17
35
New
Socialistische Partij
744,593
12.36
26
New
People's Union
588,436
9.77
20
+6
Liberal Reformist Party
480,380
7.97
24
New
Social Christian Party
390,896
6.49
18
–7
FDF -RW
253,720
4.21
8
–3
Agalev
138,575
2.30
2
+2
Ecolo
132,312
2.20
2
+2
UDRT/RAD
130,526
2.17
3
+2
Communist Party of Belgium
138,978
2.31
2
–2
Vlaams Blok
66,424
1.10
1
0
PVDA
40,446
0.67
0
New
PSC/CSP
39,961
0.66
0
New
PRL/PFF
35,925
0.60
0
New
SP/PS
31,784
0.53
0
New
WALLON
31,061
0.52
0
New
RAD
28,661
0.48
0
New
ECOLO-J
10,946
0.18
0
New
Party of German-speaking Belgians
8,397
0.14
0
0
RAL
7,110
0.12
0
New
ECOLOS
5,858
0.10
0
New
LRT-PLS
5,241
0.09
0
New
FNK
5,102
0.08
0
New
UDRT
4,540
0.08
0
New
BLANCO
4,118
0.07
0
New
DD
3,545
0.06
0
New
UNF
2,914
0.05
0
New
PVDA/PTB
2,898
0.05
0
New
ECO-BXL
2,710
0.04
0
New
FN
2,479
0.04
0
New
PTB
2,460
0.04
0
New
BNP
2,263
0.04
0
New
PCPA
1,785
0.03
0
New
PNB-BNP
954
0.02
0
New
PFU
856
0.01
0
0
AAJ
838
0.01
0
New
URD
598
0.01
0
New
LISTE-12
588
0.01
0
New
LISTE-14
372
0.01
0
New
CIN
210
0.00
0
New
LISTE-13
180
0.00
0
New
PNB
140
0.00
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
477,043
–
–
–
Total
6,502,070
100
212
0
Source: Belgian Election Results
Senate
Party
Votes
%
Seats
+/–
Christian People's Party
1,149,353
19.26
22
–7
Party for Freedom and Progress
781,137
13.09
14
+3
Parti Socialiste
755,512
12.66
18
New
Socialistische Partij
732,126
12.27
13
New
People's Union
587,002
9.84
10
+3
Liberal Reformist Party
515,868
8.64
11
New
Social Christian Party
414,733
6.95
8
–4
FDF -RW
255,727
4.28
4
–3
UDRT/RAD
164,131
2.75
1
+1
Ecolo
153,989
2.58
3
+3
Communist Party of Belgium
140,577
2.36
1
0
Agalev
121,016
2.03
1
New
Vlaams Blok
71,733
1.20
0
0
PVDA/PTB
49,577
0.83
0
New
WALLON
30,632
0.51
0
New
Party of German-speaking Belgians
8,770
0.15
0
0
RAL
8,450
0.14
0
New
LRT-PLS
5,894
0.10
0
New
FNK
5,317
0.09
0
New
ECOLOS
2,796
0.05
0
New
UNF
2,721
0.05
0
New
DD
2,295
0.04
0
New
FN
2,092
0.04
0
New
GOOSSE
1,511
0.03
0
New
BELGE
1,326
0.02
0
New
PFU
1,052
0.02
0
0
PKS
737
0.01
0
New
URD
629
0.01
0
New
LISTE-12
626
0.01
0
New
PAIX
611
0.01
0
New
LISTE-14
378
0.01
0
New
LISTE-13
111
0.00
0
New
Invalid/blank votes
534,297
–
–
–
Total
6,502,726
100
106
0
Source: Election Results
References
^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook , p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p291