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General elections were held in Belgium on 8 November 1981. [1] Voter turnout was 94.5% in the Chamber election and 94.6% in the Senate election. [2] Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils and for the Council of the German Cultural Community. They were the first elections after the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18. This contributed to the success of the socialist parties and the green parties (Agalev and Ecolo). The traditionally largest Christian People's Party saw significant losses, with only 43 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.
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 Parliament of the German-speaking Community is the legislative assembly of the German-speaking Community of Belgium based in Eupen.
Christian Democratic and Flemish is a Christian democratic Flemish political party in Belgium. The party has historical ties to both trade unionism (ACV) and trade associations (UNIZO) and the Farmer's League. Until 2001, the party was named the Christian People's Party.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Christian People's Party | 1,165,239 | 19.34 | 43 | –14 |
Party for Freedom and Progress | 776,871 | 12.89 | 28 | +6 |
Parti Socialiste | 733,137 | 12.17 | 35 | +4 |
Socialistische Partij | 744,593 | 12.36 | 26 | 0 |
People's Union | 588,436 | 9.77 | 20 | +6 |
Liberal Reformist Party | 480,380 | 7.97 | 24 | +9 |
Social Christian Party | 390,896 | 6.49 | 18 | –7 |
FDF-RW | 253,720 | 4.21 | 8 | –3 |
Agalev | 138,575 | 2.30 | 2 | +2 |
Ecolo | 132,312 | 2.20 | 2 | +2 |
UDRT/RAD | 130,526 | 2.17 | 3 | +2 |
Communist Party of Belgium | 138,978 | 2.31 | 2 | –2 |
Vlaams Blok | 66,424 | 1.10 | 1 | 0 |
PVDA | 40,446 | 0.67 | 0 | New |
PSC/CSP | 39,961 | 0.66 | 0 | New |
PRL/PFF | 35,925 | 0.60 | 0 | New |
SP/PS | 31,784 | 0.53 | 0 | New |
WALLON | 31,061 | 0.52 | 0 | New |
RAD | 28,661 | 0.48 | 0 | New |
ECOLO-J | 10,946 | 0.18 | 0 | New |
Party of German-speaking Belgians | 8,397 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 |
RAL | 7,110 | 0.12 | 0 | New |
ECOLOS | 5,858 | 0.10 | 0 | New |
LRT-PLS | 5,241 | 0.09 | 0 | New |
FNK | 5,102 | 0.08 | 0 | New |
UDRT | 4,540 | 0.08 | 0 | New |
BLANCO | 4,118 | 0.07 | 0 | New |
DD | 3,545 | 0.06 | 0 | New |
UNF | 2,914 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
PVDA/PTB | 2,898 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
ECO-BXL | 2,710 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
FN | 2,479 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
PTB | 2,460 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
BNP | 2,263 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
PCPA | 1,785 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
PNB-BNP | 954 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
PFU | 856 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 |
AAJ | 838 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
URD | 598 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
LISTE-12 | 588 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
LISTE-14 | 372 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
CIN | 210 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
LISTE-13 | 180 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
PNB | 140 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 477,043 | – | – | – |
Total | 6,502,070 | 100 | 212 | 0 |
Source: Belgian Election Results |
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Christian People's Party | 1,149,353 | 19.26 | 22 | –7 |
Party for Freedom and Progress | 781,137 | 13.09 | 14 | +3 |
Parti Socialiste | 755,512 | 12.66 | 18 | New |
Socialistische Partij | 732,126 | 12.27 | 13 | New |
People's Union | 587,002 | 9.84 | 10 | +3 |
Liberal Reformist Party | 515,868 | 8.64 | 11 | New |
Social Christian Party | 414,733 | 6.95 | 8 | –4 |
FDF-RW | 255,727 | 4.28 | 4 | –3 |
UDRT/RAD | 164,131 | 2.75 | 1 | +1 |
Ecolo | 153,989 | 2.58 | 3 | +3 |
Communist Party of Belgium | 140,577 | 2.36 | 1 | 0 |
Agalev | 121,016 | 2.03 | 1 | New |
Vlaams Blok | 71,733 | 1.20 | 0 | 0 |
PVDA/PTB | 49,577 | 0.83 | 0 | New |
WALLON | 30,632 | 0.51 | 0 | New |
Party of German-speaking Belgians | 8,770 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 |
RAL | 8,450 | 0.14 | 0 | New |
LRT-PLS | 5,894 | 0.10 | 0 | New |
FNK | 5,317 | 0.09 | 0 | New |
ECOLOS | 2,796 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
UNF | 2,721 | 0.05 | 0 | New |
DD | 2,295 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
FN | 2,092 | 0.04 | 0 | New |
GOOSSE | 1,511 | 0.03 | 0 | New |
BELGE | 1,326 | 0.02 | 0 | New |
PFU | 1,052 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
PKS | 737 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
URD | 629 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
LISTE-12 | 626 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
PAIX | 611 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
LISTE-14 | 378 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
LISTE-13 | 111 | 0.00 | 0 | New |
Invalid/blank votes | 534,297 | – | – | – |
Total | 6,502,726 | 100 | 106 | 0 |
Source: Election Results |
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