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1939 Belgian general election

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Field	Value
country	Belgium
previous_election	1936
next_election	1946
election_date	2 April 1939
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
election_name	Chamber of Representatives
seats_for_election	All 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
party1	PC–KVV	leader1 = Hubert Pierlot	percentage1 = 32.71	seats1 = 73	last_election1 = 61
party2	Belgian Labour Party	leader2 = Paul-Henri Spaak	percentage2 = 30.19	seats2 = 64	last_election2 = 70
party4	Liberal Party (Belgium)	leader4 = Émile Coulonvaux	percentage4 = 17.19	seats4 = 33	last_election4 = 23
party5	Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond	leader5 = Staf De Clercq	percentage5 = 8.28	seats5 = 17	last_election5 = 16
party6	Communist Party of Belgium	leader6 = Collective leadership	percentage6 = 5.36	seats6 = 9	last_election6 = 9
party7	Rexist Party	leader7 = Léon Degrelle	percentage7 = 4.44	seats7 = 4	last_election7 = 21
party8	Technocrat	leader8 = Leo Frenssen	percentage8 =	seats8 = 1	last_election8 = new	color8 = #808080
party9	Veterans	leader9 =	percentage9 =	seats9 = 1	last_election9 = new	color9 = #AAAA00
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
election_name	Senate
seats_for_election	All 101 seats in the Senate
party1	Catholic Party (Belgium)	leader1 = Hubert Pierlot	percentage1 = 30.71	seats1 = 35	last_election1 = 34
party11	Belgian Labour Party	leader11 = Paul-Henri Spaak	percentage11 = 30.64	seats11 = 35	last_election11 = 39
party12	Liberal Party (Belgium)	leader12 = Émile Coulonvaux	percentage12 = 17.57	seats12 = 16	last_election12 = 11
party13	Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond	leader13 = Staf De Clercq	percentage13 = 7.76	seats13 = 8	last_election13 = 5
party14	Communist Party of Belgium	leader14 = Collective leadership	percentage14 = 5.04	seats14 = 3	last_election14 = 4
party15	Rexist Party	leader15 = Léon Degrelle	percentage15 = 4.13	seats15 = 1	last_election15 = 8
party16	KVV	leader16 = Alfons Verbist	percentage16 = 2.75	seats16 = 3	last_election16 = new	color16=#DF8110
title	Government
posttitle	Government after election
before_election	Spaak I
before_party	National Unity (Lab–Catholic–Lib)
after_election	Pierlot I
after_party	Catholic–Lab

General elections were held in Belgium on 2 April 1939. The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 67 of the 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives. Voter turnout was 93.3%.

On 22 February 1939, the Pierlot Government succeeded the Spaak Government. The Spaak Government was in a political crisis caused by, among other things, the Martens Affair. As the Pierlot Government fell as well and the ministers failed to form a stable government, King Leopold III insisted on a dissolution of parliament, but the council of ministers refused due to fear of electoral losses. It was not Prime Minister Pierlot, but the Minister of the Interior who provided the required contresignant of the royal order of 6 March 1939 which dissolved the Chambers and triggered the snap elections.

After the election, Pierlot continued as Prime Minister. The elections were the last before World War II.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p289 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p290
[https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/senat/1939/k%C3%B6nigreich/165006 Belgian Elections]

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