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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] [2] 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
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