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Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 27 May 1906.[1] The Catholic Party won 41 of the 83 seats up for election in the Chamber of Representatives.
Under the alternating system, elections were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.
The Catholic Party lost its majority in the Chamber of Representatives for the first time since 1884.
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won | ||||||||
| Catholic Party | 526,856 | 44.92 | 41 | |||||
| Liberal–Socialist kartels | 224,357 | 19.13 | 12 | |||||
| Liberal Party | 207,341 | 17.68 | 15 | |||||
| Catholic Workers' Party | 109,590 | 9.34 | 9 | |||||
| Belgian Labour Party | 72,224 | 6.16 | 6 | |||||
| Christene Volkspartij | 9,800 | 0.84 | 0 | |||||
| Merchants | 5,231 | 0.45 | 0 | |||||
| Catholic dissidents | 2,724 | 0.23 | 0 | |||||
| Flemish People's Party | 1,284 | 0.11 | 0 | |||||
| Workers' Party | 802 | 0.07 | 0 | |||||
| Socialist dissidents | 428 | 0.04 | 0 | |||||
| Independents | 12,191 | 1.04 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 1,172,828 | 100.00 | 83 | |||||
| Source: Belgian Elections[2] | ||||||||
References
- ^ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
- ^ Belgian Elections
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