Belgian general election, 1908

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Belgian general election, 1908
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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.

Belgium Federal constitutional monarchy in Western Europe

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe. It is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of 30,688 square kilometres (11,849 sq mi) and has a population of more than 11.4 million. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi and Liège.

The Catholic Party was established in 1869 as the Confessional Catholic Party.

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

Limburg (Belgium) Province of Belgium

Limburg is a province in Belgium. It is the easternmost of the five Dutch-speaking provinces that together form the Region of Flanders, one of the three main political and cultural sub-divisions of modern Belgium.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats wonTotal seats+/-
Catholic Party 517,67943.113778-1
Liberal Party 331,98127.642136-1
Belgian Labour Party 271,87022.6419250
Liberal-Socialist Kartels 40,0683.34315+3
Christian Democratic Party25,1672.1111+1
Catholic Dissidents6,8790.5700-1
Other parties7,2620.60000
Catholic Workers' Party-–090
Christene Volkspartij -–00-1
Invalid/blank votes38,725––--
Total1,239,631100821640
Source: Belgian Elections

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References

  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
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