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1921 Belgian general election

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Field	Value
country	Belgium
previous_election	1919
next_election	1925
election_date	20 November 1921
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
election_name	Chamber of Representatives
seats_for_election	All 186 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
party1	Catholic Party (Belgium)	leader1 = Georges Theunis	percentage1 = 37.01	seats1 = 78	last_election1 = 70
party2	Belgian Labour Party	leader2 = Joseph Van Roosbroeck	percentage2 = 34.81	seats2 = 68	last_election2 = 70
party3	Liberal Party (Belgium)	leader3 = Albert Mechelynck	percentage3 = 17.80	seats3 = 33	last_election3 = 34
party4	Catholic dissidents	leader4 =	percentage4 = 3.35	seats4 = 2	last_election4 = 3
party5	Frontpartij	leader5 =	percentage5 = 3.04	seats5 = 4	last_election5 = 5
party6	Combatants	leader6 =	percentage6 = 1.07	seats6 = 1	last_election6 = 2	color6 = #AAAA00
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
election_name	Senate
seats_for_election	93 of the 153 seats in the Senate
noleader	yes
party1	Belgian Labour Party	percentage1 = 35.48	seats1 = 33	last_election1 = 20
party8	Catholic Party (Belgium)	percentage8 = 32.57	seats8 = 34	last_election8 = 43
party9	Liberal Party (Belgium)	percentage9 = 19.44	seats9 = 18	last_election9 = 30
party10	United Catholics	percentage10 = 4.99	seats10 = 5	last_election10 = new	color10 = #FFDD88
party11	Christene Volkspartij	percentage11 = 2.79	seats11 = 2	last_election11 = new
party12	Frontpartij	percentage12 = 1.60	seats12 = 0	last_election12 = new
party13	Christian Workers' Alliance	percentage13 = 0.89	seats13 = 1	last_election13 = new
title	Government
posttitle	Government after election
before_election	Carton de Wiart
before_party	National Unity (Catholic-Lab-Lib)
after_election	Theunis I
after_party	Catholic-Liberal

General elections were held in Belgium on 20 November 1921. The Catholic Party, emerged as the largest party, winning 70 of the 186 seats in the Chamber of Representatives. Voter turnout was 91%.

Elections to the nine provincial councils were held one week later, on 27 November 1921.

A Catholic–Liberal government led by Georges Theunis was formed following the elections.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

A constitutional change eased the requirements to be a candidate for the Senate. As a compensation, the number of senators elected by provincial councils was increased from 27 to 40 and a new type of senators was introduced: 20 co-opted senators. This gives a total of 153 senators.

Constituencies

The distribution of seats among the electoral districts was as follows:

Province	Arrondissement(s)	Chamber	Senate
Antwerp	Antwerp	15	7
Mechelen	5	5
Turnhout	4
Elected by the provincial council		5
Limburg	Hasselt	3	4
Tongeren-Maaseik	4
Elected by the provincial council		3
East Flanders	Aalst	5	4
Oudenaarde	3
Gent-Eeklo	12	6
Dendermonde	4	4
Sint-Niklaas	4
Elected by the provincial council		5
West Flanders	Bruges	4	2
Roeselare-Tielt	5	3
Kortrijk	5	4
Ypres	3
Veurne-Diksmuide-Ostend	5	2
Elected by the provincial council		4
Brabant	Leuven	7	3
Brussels	26	13
Nivelles	4	2
Elected by the provincial council		7
Hainaut	Tournai-Ath	6	3
Charleroi	11	7
Thuin	3
Mons	7	5
Soignies	4
Elected by the provincial council		6
Liège	Huy-Waremme	4	2
Liège	13	7
Verviers	5	2
Elected by the provincial council		4
Luxembourg	Arlon-Marche-Bastogne	3	3
Neufchâteau-Virton	3
Elected by the provincial council		3
Namur	Namur	5	5
Dinant-Philippeville	4
Elected by the provincial council		3

Additionally, 20 senators were co-opted.

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p289 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p308
Nohlen & Stöver, p290
[https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/senat/1921/k%C3%B6nigreich/164985 Belgian Elections]
[http://www.dekamer.be/digidoc/DPS/K3077/K30770006/K30770006.PDF List of members of the Chamber of Representatives (1921-1922)]
[http://senate.be/lexdocs/S0670/S06700024.pdf List of members of the Senate (1921-1922)]

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