Belgian general election, 1974

Belgian general election, 1974
212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
	Colours denote the winning party in each electoral district (for the Chamber of Deputies). ; a In the 1971 election, the Belgian Socialist Party ran as its two separate language parts (owing to the recent establishment of two sub parties), however they ran as one under the Socialist prime minister for this election, with his Walloon section of the party's results showing here.
Prime Minister before election; Edmond Leburton ; Socialist	Elected Prime Minister ; Leo Tindemans ; CVP

Last updated March 13, 2019

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.

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 Belgian Socialist Party was a social-democratic political party which existed in Belgium from 1945 to 1978. During its time in office, a number of progressive social reforms were introduced.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Belgian Socialist Party	1,401,725	26.66	59	New
Christian People's Party	1,222,646	23.25	50	+10
Party for Freedom and Progress	798,818	15.19	30	+26
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
Belgian Socialist Party (Wallonia)	164,592	3.13	0	−25
Communist Party of Belgium	107,481	2.04	2	New
BSP–Red Lions	86,929	1.65	0	New
UDP	58,257	1.11	0	New
Party for Freedom and Progress (Wallonia)	20,866	0.40	0	−11
AMADA/TPO	19,794	0.38	0	New
VFP-PFU	18,511	0.35	0	New
MO	9,184	0.17	0	New
Party of German-speaking Belgians	8,700	0.17	0	New
PLW	6,846	0.13	0	New
FDP	4,729	0.09	0	New
UDP-DN	3,623	0.07	2	New
Rex Fr	2,764	0.05	0	New
RLiège	1,810	0.03	0	New
Kaganov	1,678	0.03	0	New
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
URB	389	0.01	0	New
PUR	184	0.00	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	453,108	–	–	–
Total	5,711,639	100	212	0
Source: Belgian Elections

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
UDP	60,400	1.16	0	0
Party for Liberty and Progress (Wallonia)	21,782	0.42	0	New
AMADA	16,744	0.32	0	New
Party of German-speaking Belgians	15,624	0.30	0	New
VFP	11,910	0.23	0	New
PMO	5,918	0.11	0	New
Iependael	2,874	0.05	0	New
Zwartberg	5,129	0.04	0	New
Kaganovemus	1,903	0.04	0	0
PMO/URB	1,078	0.02	0	New
A74	942	0.02	0	New
PLW	597	0.01	0	New
PUR	156	0.00	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	527,014	–	–	–
Total	5,711,729	100	106	0
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.

The Parliament of the German-speaking Community is the legislative assembly of the German-speaking Community of Belgium based in Eupen.

Party	1974		1973	diff.
Party	perc.	seats	seats	seats
Christian Social Party (CSP)	46.9%	12	13	-1
Party of German-speaking Belgians (PJU-PDB)	25.4%	6	3	+3
Party for Freedom and Progress (PFF)	14.9%	4	6	-2
Socialist Party (SP)	12.1%	3	3	=
Others	0.7%	0	0	=
Total	100.0	25	25	0

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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

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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

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