Belgian general election, 1974

Belgian general election, 1974
Belgium
10 March 1974
212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives

Colours denote the winning party in each electoral district (for the Chamber of Deputies).
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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] Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils, as well as for the Council of the German Cultural Community for the first time.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Belgian Socialist Party1,401,72526.6659New
Christian People's Party1,222,64623.2550+10
Party for Freedom and Progress798,81815.1930+26
People's Union536,28710.2022+1
Christian Social Party478,2099.0922+7
FDF-PDLP301,3035.7314New
Walloon Rally269,4555.1211−1
Belgian Socialist Party (Wallonia)164,5923.130−25
Communist Party of Belgium107,4812.042New
BSPRed Lions86,9291.650New
UDP58,2571.110New
Party for Freedom and Progress (Wallonia)20,8660.400−11
AMADA/TPO19,7940.380New
VFP-PFU18,5110.350New
MO9,1840.170New
Party of German-speaking Belgians8,7000.170New
PLW6,8460.130New
FDP4,7290.090New
UDP-DN3,6230.072New
Rex Fr2,7640.050New
RLiège1,8100.030New
Kaganov1,6780.030New
SAP1,4450.030New
Diependale1,2290.020New
A749790.020New
PRS9050.020New
Zwartberg6650.010New
Trotskyists6450.010New
URB3890.010New
PUR1840.000New
Invalid/blank votes453,108
Total5,711,6391002120
Source: Belgian Elections

Senate

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Belgian Socialist Party1,301,72225.1127New
Christian People's Party1,219,81123.5327New
Party for Freedom and Progress755,69414.5816+1
FDF-RW-PDLP589,55311.3713New
People's Union545,21510.5210New
Christian Social Party430,5128.3010New
Communist Party of Belgium115,0072.2210
BSPRed Lions82,9591.602+2
UDP60,4001.1600
Party for Liberty and Progress (Wallonia)21,7820.420New
AMADA16,7440.320New
Party of German-speaking Belgians15,6240.300New
VFP11,9100.230New
PMO5,9180.110New
Iependael2,8740.050New
Zwartberg5,1290.040New
Kaganovemus1,9030.0400
PMO/URB1,0780.020New
A749420.020New
PLW5970.010New
PUR1560.000New
Invalid/blank votes527,014
Total5,711,7291001060
Source: Belgian Elections

Council of the German Cultural Community

In this election, the new Council of the German Cultural Community (Rat der deutschen Kulturgemeinschaft) was directly elected for the first time; members of the council had been appointed a year earlier. The council is the precursor to the Parliament of the German-speaking Community.

Party 1974 1973 diff.
perc. seats seats seats
Christian Social Party (CSP) 46.9% 12 13 -1
Party of German-speaking Belgians (PJU-PDB) 25.4% 6 3 +3
Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF) 14.9% 4 6 -2
Socialist Party (SP) 12.1% 3 3 =
Others 0.7% 0 0 =
Total 100.0 25 25 0

References

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