1929 Belgian general election

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26 May 1929

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All 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
All 93 seats in the Senate

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Henri Jaspar	Joseph Van Roosbroeck	Albert Devèze
Party	Catholic	Labour	Liberal
Leader since	Candidate for PM	1918	1927
Last election	78 seats, 37.42%	78 seats, 39.48%	23 seats, 14.65%
Seats won	71	70	28
Seat change	7	8	5
Popular vote	788,914	803,347	369,114
Percentage	35.38%	36.02%	16.55%
Swing	2.04%	3.46%	1.90%

Government before election

Jaspar II
Catholic–Liberal

Government after election

Jaspar II
Catholic–Liberal

General elections were held in Belgium on 26 May 1929. The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 71 of the 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives. Voter turnout was 94.0%.

The incumbent Catholic-Liberal government led by Henri Jaspar continued after the election.

Results

Chamber of Representatives


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Belgian Labour Party	803,347	36.02	70	–8
	Catholic Party	788,914	35.38	71	–7
	Liberal Party	369,114	16.55	28	+5
	Frontpartij	132,567	5.94	11	+5
	Christian Workers' Alliance	52,642	2.36	5	+5
	Communist Party of Belgium	43,237	1.94	1	–1
	Lille List	12,905	0.58	1	New
	Christian People's Party	8,049	0.36	0	New
	Communist Opposition	6,190	0.28	0	New
	Neutral	6,030	0.27	0	0
	Walloon National Party	1,883	0.08	0	0
	Middle Class Party	1,114	0.05	0	0
	Leftist dissidents	1,047	0.05	0	New
	Flemish Liberal Democrats	1,034	0.05	0	New
	Martin List	954	0.04	0	New
	Radical Socialists	402	0.02	0	0
	Lambreghs List	366	0.02	0	New
	Catholic Democratic Union	274	0.01	0	New
Total		2,230,069	100.00	187	0

Valid votes		2,230,069	95.03
Invalid/blank votes		116,660	4.97
Total votes		2,346,729	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,497,446	93.97
Source: Belgian Elections, Mackie & Rose

Senate



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Belgian Labour Party	781,635	36.75	36	–3
	Catholic Party	762,459	35.85	38	0
	Liberal Party	359,895	16.92	13	0
	Frontpartij	119,632	5.62	3	+3
	Christian Workers' Alliance	55,237	2.60	3	+3
	Communist Party of Belgium	36,881	1.73	0	0
	Christian People's Party	6,923	0.33	0	New
	Walloon National Party	3,413	0.16	0	0
	Radical Socialists	775	0.04	0	0
Total		2,126,850	100.00	93	0

Valid votes		2,126,850	92.81
Invalid/blank votes		164,702	7.19
Total votes		2,291,552	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,439,060	93.95
Source: Belgian Elections

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p308
Nohlen & Stöver, p290

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