Belgian general election, 1971
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General elections were held in Belgium on 7 November 1971.[1] The result was a victory for the Christian People's Party, which won 40 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 34 of the 106 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 91.5%.[2]
Results
Chamber of Deputies
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
---|---|---|---|---|
Christian People's Party | 967,701 | 18.32 | 40 | New |
Belgian Socialist Party (Flanders) | 623.395 | 11.80 | 25 | New |
People's Union | 586,917 | 11.11 | 21 | +1 |
Belgian Socialist Party (Wallonia) | 549,483 | 10.40 | 25 | New |
Party for Freedom and Progress | 392,130 | 7.42 | 16 | New |
Christian Social Party | 329,393 | 6.20 | 15 | New |
Walloon Rally | 306,606 | 5.81 | 12 | +6 |
PSC-CVP | 292,101 | 5.53 | 12 | −57 |
FDF-RW | 286,639 | 5.43 | 12 | New |
Party for Freedom and Progress (Wallonia) | 275,776 | 5.22 | 11 | New |
Red Lions | 104,040 | 1.97 | 4 | +4 |
Communist Party (Wallonia) | 91,726 | 1.74 | 4 | New |
Party for Freedom and Progress (Brussels) | 90,134 | 1.71 | 3 | New |
Communist Party (Flanders) | 67,487 | 1.28 | 1 | New |
LOB-LIB | 21,919 | 0.42 | 0 | New |
Onaf Christ | 7,801 | 0.15 | 0 | New |
LVV | 2,740 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
Trotskyists | 2,660 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
Kaganovemus | 2,580 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
PCB | 2,304 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 |
Van Meerhage | 2,004 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
Z Kleur | 1,547 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 |
DPU | 1,534 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
Francophone Party | 1,471 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
New Party | 899 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
U Verbruik | 640 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
Dieferenbes | 633 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
De Keyzer | 565 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
R D Wal | 339 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 459,637 | – | – | – |
Total | 5,741,268 | 100 | 212 | 0 |
Source: Belgian Elections |
Senate
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
---|---|---|---|---|
CVP-PSC | 1,547,853 | 29.70 | 34 | +5 |
Party for Freedom and Progress | 776,514 | 14.90 | 15 | −7 |
Belgian Socialist Party (Wallonia) | 710,437 | 13.63 | 16 | New |
Belgian Socialist Party (Flanders) | 615,805 | 11.82 | 6 | New |
FDF-RW | 598,768 | 11.49 | 6 | +1 |
People's Union | 592,509 | 11.37 | 12 | +3 |
Communist Party of Belgium | 106,799 | 2.05 | 1 | −1 |
BSP–Red Lions | 97,371 | 1.87 | 0 | New |
Liberal Democrat and Pluralist Party | 81,133 | 1.56 | 2 | New |
UDP | 61,616 | 1.18 | 0 | New |
LIB-LOB | 15,138 | 0.29 | 0 | New |
Kaganovemus | 3,800 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 |
LVV | 3,159 | 0.06 | 0 | New |
Valentyn | 513 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 415,246 | – | – | – |
Total | 5,626,661 | 100 | 106 | 0 |
Source: Belgian Elections |