1929 Belgian general election

General elections were held in Belgium on 26 May 1929.[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 71 of the 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.[2] Voter turnout was 94.0%.[3]

1929 Belgian general election
26 May 1929
All 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
All 93 seats in the Senate
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Henri Jaspar Joseph Van Roosbroeck Albert Devèze
Party Catholic Labour Liberal
Leader since Candidate for PM 1918 1927
Last election 78 seats, 37.42% 78 seats, 39.48% 23 seats, 14.65%
Seats won 71 70 28
Seat change 7 8 5
Popular vote 788,914 803,347 369,114
Percentage 35.38% 36.02% 16.55%
Swing 2.04% 3.46% 1.90%
Government before election

Jaspar II
Catholic–Liberal

 Elected Government

Jaspar II
Catholic–Liberal

Prime Minister Henri Jaspar

The incumbent Catholic-Liberal government led by Henri Jaspar continued after the election.

Results

Chamber of Representatives
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Belgian Labour Party803,34736.0270–8
Catholic Party788,91435.3871–7
Liberal Party369,11416.5528+5
Frontpartij132,5675.9411+5
Christian Workers' Alliance52,6422.365+5
Communist Party of Belgium43,2371.941–1
Lille List12,9050.581New
Other parties27,3431.2200
Invalid/blank votes116,660–––
Total2,346,7291001870
Source: Belgian Elections

Senate
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Belgian Labour Party781,63536.7536–3
Catholic Party762,45935.85380
Liberal Party359,89516.92130
Frontpartij119,6325.623+3
Christian Workers' Alliance55,2372.603+3
Communist Party of Belgium36,8811.7300
Other parties11,1110.5200
Invalid/blank votes164,702–––
Total2,291,577100930
Source: Belgian Elections

References
  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p308
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p290
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