Belgian general election, 1965

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General elections were held in Belgium on 23 May 1965.^[1] The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 77 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 44 of the 106 seats in the Senate.^[2] Voter turnout was 91.6%.^[3]

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Christian Social Party	1,785,211	34.45	77	–19
Belgian Socialist Party	1,465,503	28.28	64	–20
Party for Freedom and Progress	1,119,991	21.61	48	+28
People's Union	346,860	6.69	12	+7
Communist Party of Belgium	247,311	4.77	6	+1
Democratic Front of the Francophones	68,966	1.33	3	New
Communists	41,674	0.80	0	New
Walloon Front	24,245	0.47	1	New
Walloon Workers' Party	23,582	0.46	1	New
de Socialist	14,937	0.29	0	New
Catholic Party	14,007	0.27	0	New
Flemish People's Party	13,321	0.26	0	New
Walloon Communist Party	13,321	0.26	0	New
Independent Social Party	9,493	0.18	0	New
Independent Workers Union	8,680	0.17	0	New
Flemish Democrats	7,983	0.15	0	New
Walloon Democratic Front	5,709	0.11	0	New
Afzonderlijk	4,762	0.09	0	New
Francophone Union	3,776	0.07	0	New
Independent National Party	3,089	0.06	0	New
Animal Protection	2,543	0.05	0	New
Belgian Workers' Party	2,237	0.04	0	New
Independent Rally	2,213	0.04	0	New
National Party	1,889	0.04	0	0
Return to Liège	1,552	0.03	0	New
Union of Independents	1,014	0.02	0	New
Independent Middle Class	958	0.02	0	New
Kaganovemus	890	0.02	0	New
Trotsky Communists	385	0.01	0	New
New Resistance Movement	309	0.01	0	New
Independents	493	0.01	0	–1
Invalid/blank votes	396,941	–	–	–
Total	5,578,876	100	212	0
Registered voters/turnout	6,091,534	91.58	–	–
Source: Belgian Elections

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Christian Social Party	1,785,191	34.89	44	–3
Belgian Socialist Party	1,449,482	28.33	31	–14
Party for Freedom and Progress	1,111,894	21.73	23	+12
People's Union	338,770	6.62	4	+2
Communist Party of Belgium	249,796	4.88	3	+2
Democratic Front of the Francophones	68,397	1.34	1	New
Walloon Democratic Front	27,215	0.53	0	New
Walloon Workers' Party	21,511	0.42	0	New
Independent Social Party	12,180	0.24	0	New
Walloon Communist Party	11,600	0.23	0	New
Francophone Union	7,656	0.15	0	New
Independent Rally	7,456	0.15	0	New
Independent Workers Union	6,448	0.13	0	New
Catholic Party	5,226	0.10	0	New
Belgian Workers' Party	4,207	0.08	0	New
Independent National Party	4,066	0.08	0	New
National Party	2,885	0.06	0	0
Kaganovemus	1,739	0.03	0	New
Independent Middle Class	831	0.02	0	New
Flemish Democrats	475	0.01	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	461,584	–	–	–
Total	5,578,609	100	106	0
Registered voters/turnout	6,091,534	91.58	–	–
Source: Belgian Elections

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp309-311
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p291

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