1906 Belgian general election

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 27 May 1906.[1] The Catholic Party won 41 of the 83 seats up for election in the Chamber of Representatives.

1906 Belgian general election

← 1904 27 May 1906 1908 →

83 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Paul de Smet de Naeyer Paul Hymans Émile Vandervelde
Party Catholic Party Liberal Party Belgian Labour Party
Seats won 41 15 6
Popular vote 526,856 207,341 72,224
Percentage 44.92% 17.68% 22.64%

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Paul Janson
Party Liberal–Socialist Cartel PCO
Seats won 12 9
Popular vote 224,357 109,590
Percentage 19.13% 9.34%

Government before election

de Smet de Naeyer II
Catholic

Government after election

de Smet de Naeyer II
Catholic

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

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PartyVotes%Seats
Won
Catholic Party526,85644.9241
LiberalSocialist kartels224,35719.1312
Liberal Party207,34117.6815
Catholic Workers' Party109,5909.349
Belgian Labour Party72,2246.166
Christene Volkspartij9,8000.840
Merchants5,2310.450
Catholic dissidents2,7240.230
Flemish People's Party1,2840.110
Workers' Party8020.070
Socialist dissidents4280.040
Independents12,1911.040
Total1,172,828100.0083
Source: Belgian Elections

References

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  1. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.