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.

1908 Belgian general election

← 1906 24 May 1908 1910 →

81 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
43 of 80 seats in the Senate
  First party Second party
 
Leader Frans Schollaert
Party Catholic Liberal
Seats won 37 15
Popular vote 517,679 331,981
Percentage 43.11% 27.64%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Georges Maes N/A
Party Labour LiberalSocialist
Seats won 19 3
Popular vote 271,870 40,068
Percentage 22.64% 3.34%

Government before election

Schollaert
Catholic

Government after election

Schollaert
Catholic

Under the alternating system, elections were only held in four out of the nine provinces: Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders.

Results

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Chamber

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PartyVotes%Seats
Won
Catholic Party517,67943.1037
Liberal Party331,98127.6421
Belgian Labour Party271,87022.6419
LiberalSocialist kartels40,0683.343
Christene Volkspartij25,1672.101
Catholic dissidents6,8790.570
Merchants1,0940.090
Socialist dissidents9130.080
Other parties2,5340.210
Independents2,8210.230
Total1,201,006100.0081
Valid votes1,201,00696.88
Invalid/blank votes38,7253.12
Total votes1,239,731100.00
Source: Belgian Elections

Senate

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PartyVotes%Seats
Catholic Party492,21146.4821
Liberal Party308,28229.1111
Belgian Labour Party258,44524.418
Total1,058,938100.0040
Valid votes1,058,93895.20
Invalid/blank votes53,3604.80
Total votes1,112,298100.00
Source: Belgian Elections

References

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  1. ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p308