1908 Belgian general election
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 24 May 1908.[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 37 of the 82 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.[2] The François Schollaert government remained in office.
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Under the alternating system, elections were only held in four out of the nine provinces: Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders.
Results
Chamber
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Won | ||||||||
Catholic Party | 517,679 | 43.10 | 37 | |||||
Liberal Party | 331,981 | 27.64 | 21 | |||||
Belgian Labour Party | 271,870 | 22.64 | 19 | |||||
Liberal–Socialist kartels | 40,068 | 3.34 | 3 | |||||
Christene Volkspartij | 25,167 | 2.10 | 1 | |||||
Catholic dissidents | 6,879 | 0.57 | 0 | |||||
Merchants | 1,094 | 0.09 | 0 | |||||
Socialist dissidents | 913 | 0.08 | 0 | |||||
Other parties | 2,534 | 0.21 | 0 | |||||
Independents | 2,821 | 0.23 | 0 | |||||
Total | 1,201,006 | 100.00 | 81 | |||||
Valid votes | 1,201,006 | 96.88 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 38,725 | 3.12 | ||||||
Total votes | 1,239,731 | 100.00 | ||||||
Source: Belgian Elections |
Senate
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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Catholic Party | 492,211 | 46.48 | 21 | |
Liberal Party | 308,282 | 29.11 | 11 | |
Belgian Labour Party | 258,445 | 24.41 | 8 | |
Total | 1,058,938 | 100.00 | 40 | |
Valid votes | 1,058,938 | 95.20 | ||
Invalid/blank votes | 53,360 | 4.80 | ||
Total votes | 1,112,298 | 100.00 | ||
Source: Belgian Elections |
References
- Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
- Nohlen & Stöver, p308
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