Belgian general election, 1936

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Belgian general election, 1936
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All 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
All 101 seats in the Senate

 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Emile Vandervelde Paul van Zeeland Léon Dens
Party Labour Catholic Liberal
Leader since1933Candidate for PM1935
Last election73 seats, 37.03%79 seats, 38.42%24 seats, 14.08%
Seats won706123
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 18Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote758,485653,717292,970
Percentage32.11%27.67%12.40%
SwingDecrease2.svg 4.92%Decrease2.svg 10.75%Decrease2.svg 1.68%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  Degrelle, Leon.jpg Staf De Clercq (1884-1942).jpg Kerkhof Sint-Gillis 25.jpg
Leader Léon Degrelle Staf De Clercq Joseph Jacquemotte
Party Rex VNV Communist
Leader since193519331934
Last electionNewNew3 seats, 2.90%
Seats won21169
Seat changeNewNewIncrease2.svg 6
Popular vote271,481164,253143,223
Percentage11.49%7.06%6.06%
SwingNewNewIncrease2.svg 3.16%
Government before election

van Zeeland I
National Unity (Catholic-Lab-Lib)

Elected Government

van Zeeland II
National Unity (Catholic-Lab-Lib)

Prime Minister Paul van Zeeland Paul van Zeeland, 1937.jpg
Prime Minister Paul van Zeeland

General elections were held in Belgium on 24 May 1936. [1] The result was a victory for the Belgian Labour Party, which won 70 of the 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 39 of the 101 seats in the Senate. [2] Voter turnout was 94.7%. [3]

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 Belgian Labour Party or Belgian Workers' Party was the first major socialist party in Belgium. Founded in 1885, the party was officially disbanded in 1940 and superseded by the Belgian Socialist Party in 1945.

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Despite the rise of far-right and far-left parties, Paul van Zeeland continued as Prime Minister leading a government of national unity, composed of the three major parties (Catholics, Socialists and Liberals).

Paul van Zeeland Belgian lawyer, economist, Catholic politician and statesman

Paul Guillaume, Viscount van Zeeland was a Belgian lawyer, economist, Catholic politician, and statesman born in Soignies.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Belgian Labour Party 758,48532.1170–3
Catholic Party 653,71727.6761–18
Liberal Party 292,97012.4023–1
Rexist Party 271,48111.4921New
Flemish National Union 166,7377.0616+8
Communist Party of Belgium 143,2236.069+6
Christian Democratic Party22,2240.942New
Other parties53,5992.2900
Invalid/blank votes148,810–––
Total2,511,246100202+15
Source: Belgian Elections

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Belgian Labour Party 769,49833.46390
Catholic Party 667,73929.0434–8
Liberal Party 297,28012.93110
Rexist Party 250,27210.888New
Flemish National Union 160,2126.975+4
Communist Party of Belgium 110,8554.824+4
Christian Democratic Party19,4770.8500
Other parties24,1751.0500
Invalid/blank votes209,055–––
Total2,508,489100101+8
Source: Belgian Elections

Constituencies

The distribution of seats among the electoral districts of the Chamber of Representatives was as follows. [4] Several arrondissements got one or more additional seats. Roeselare-Tielt lost one seat, which was a rare occurrence since population generally increased throughout the Belgian territory with each census.

ProvinceArrondissement(s)SeatsChange
Antwerp Antwerp 18+3
Mechelen 6+1
Turnhout 5+1
Limburg Hasselt 4+1
Tongeren-Maaseik 5+1
East Flanders Aalst 6+1
Oudenaarde 3–
Gent-Eeklo 12–
Dendermonde 4–
Sint-Niklaas 4–
West Flanders Bruges 4–
Roeselare-Tielt 4–1
Kortrijk 6+1
Ypres 3–
Veurne-Diksmuide-Ostend 5–
Brabant Leuven 7–
Brussels 30+4
Nivelles 5+1
Hainaut Tournai-Ath 6–
Charleroi 11–
Thuin 4+1
Mons 7–
Soignies 3–
Liège Huy-Waremme 4–
Liège 14+1
Verviers 5–
Luxembourg Arlon-Marche-Bastogne 3–
Neufchâteau-Virton 3–
Namur Namur 5–
Dinant-Philippeville 4–
Total202+15

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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, pp308-310
  3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p290
  4. ↑ List of members of the Chamber of Representatives (1936)
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