1974 Belgian general election

1974 Belgian general election
212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
	Results by constituency for the Chamber of Representatives
Government before election; Leburton II ; BSP/PSB-CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL	Government after election; Tindemans I ; CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL

Last updated December 04, 2024

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 Representatives



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Belgian Socialist Party	1,314,796	25.00	59	+2
	Christian People's Party	1,222,646	23.25	50	+10
	Party for Freedom and Progress	798,818	15.19	30	+4
	People's Union	536,287	10.20	22	+1
	Christian Social Party	478,209	9.09	22	+7
	FDF–PDLP	301,303	5.73	14	New
	Walloon Rally	269,455	5.12	11	−1
	Communist Party of Belgium	107,481	2.04	2	New
	BSP–Red Lions	86,929	1.65	0	New
	Democratic and Progressive Union	58,527	1.11	2	+2
	All Power to the Workers	19,794	0.38	0	New
	United Feminist Party	18,511	0.35	0	New
	Party for the Middle Classes and Independents	9,184	0.17	0	New
	Party of German-speaking Belgians	8,700	0.17	0	New
	Walloon Liberal Party	6,846	0.13	0	New
	FDP	4,729	0.09	0	New
	Democratic and Progressive Union–New Democracy	3,623	0.07	0	New
	Rex Fr	2,764	0.05	0	New
	Return to Liège	1,810	0.03	0	New
	Kaganovemus	1,678	0.03	0	0
	SAP	1,445	0.03	0	New
	Diependale	1,229	0.02	0	New
	A74	979	0.02	0	New
	PRS	905	0.02	0	New
	Zwartberg	665	0.01	0	New
	Trotskyists	645	0.01	0	New
	Belgian Radical Union	389	0.01	0	New
	PUR	184	0.00	0	New
Total		5,258,531	100.00	212	0

Valid votes		5,258,531	92.07
Invalid/blank votes		453,108	7.93
Total votes		5,711,639	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,323,027	90.33
Source: Belgian Elections^[3]

Senate



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Belgian Socialist Party	1,301,722	25.11	27	New
	Christian People's Party	1,219,811	23.53	27	New
	Party for Freedom and Progress	755,694	14.58	16	+1
	FDF–RW–PDLP	589,553	11.37	13	New
	People's Union	545,215	10.52	10	New
	Christian Social Party	430,512	8.30	10	New
	Communist Party of Belgium	115,007	2.22	1	0
	BSP–Red Lions	82,959	1.60	2	+2
	Democratic and Progressive Union	60,400	1.16	0	0
	Party for Freedom and Progress (Wallonia)	21,782	0.42	0	New
	All Power to the Workers	16,744	0.32	0	New
	Party of German-speaking Belgians	15,624	0.30	0	New
	United Feminist Party	11,910	0.23	0	New
	Party for the Middle Classes and Independents	5,918	0.11	0	New
	Iependael	2,784	0.05	0	New
	Zwartberg	2,149	0.04	0	New
	Kaganovemus	1,903	0.04	0	0
	PMO–Belgian Radical Union	1,078	0.02	0	New
	A74	942	0.02	0	New
	Walloon Liberal Party	597	0.01	0	New
	PUR	156	0.00	0	New
	Other parties	2,255	0.04	0	–
Total		5,184,715	100.00	106	0

Valid votes		5,184,715	90.77
Invalid/blank votes		527,014	9.23
Total votes		5,711,729	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		6,323,027	90.33
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		%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Social Party	46.90	12	–1
	Party of German-speaking Belgians	25.40	6	+3
	Partei für Freiheit und Fortschritt	14.90	4	–2
	Belgian Socialist Party	12.10	3	0
	Other parties	15.10	0	–
Total			25	0

Source: PDG

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References

↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p291
↑ https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/abgeordnetenkammer/1974/k%C3%B6nigreich/157634

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

[2] Nohlen & Stöver, p291

[3] ttps://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/abgeordnetenkammer/1974/k%C3%B6nigreich/157634

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