1904 Belgian general election

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 29 May 1904.[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 38 of the 81 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.[2]

1904 Belgian general election

29 May 1904

81 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
43 of 87 seats in the Senate
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Paul de Smet de Naeyer Georges Maes
Party Catholic Liberal Labour
Leader since Candidate for PM 1903
Seats before 93 seats 33 seats 32 seats
Seats won 38 22 19
Seats after 92 42 29
Seat change 1 9 3
Popular vote 486,643 283,411 297,847
Percentage 43.53% 25.35% 26.64%

Government before election

de Smet de Naeyer II
Catholic

Elected Government

de Smet de Naeyer II
Catholic

Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in the provinces of Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders and Senate elections were only held in the remaining five provinces, being Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.

Results

Chamber

Party Votes % Seats won Total seats +/-
Catholic Party486,64343.533892-1
Belgian Labour Party297,84726.641929-3
Liberal Party283,41125.352242+9
Catholic Dissidents17,3911.5611+1
Christian Democratic Party11,2811.0101-1
Christene Volkspartij9,4800.8511New
Other parties11,8871.06000
Radical Party--00-2
Invalid/blank votes0---
Total1,117,94010081166+4
Source: Belgian Elections

Senate

Party Votes % Seats won Total seats
Catholic Party511,74555.452537
Liberal Party352,02838.211639
Belgian Labour Party37,5704.0815
National Independents19,9912.1711
Radical Party--04
Social Radical Party--01
Invalid/blank votes0--
Total921,3341004387
Source: Belgian Elections

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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