Belgian general election, 1974
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]
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 |
10.2 |
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 Rode Leeuwen |
86,929 |
1.65 |
0 |
New |
| UDP |
58,257 |
1.11 |
0 |
New |
| Party for Freedom and Progress (Wallonia) |
20,866 |
0.4 |
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 |
8.3 |
10 |
New |
| Communist Party of Belgium |
115,007 |
2.22 |
1 |
0 |
| BSP Rode Leeuwen |
82,959 |
1.6 |
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 |
References
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 9873832956097
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p291