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General elections were held in Belgium on 26 May 1929. [1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 71 of the 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives. [2] Voter turnout was 94.0%. [3]
The incumbent Catholic-Liberal government led by Henri Jaspar continued after the election.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| 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 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
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