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1961 Belgian general election
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| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| election_name | 1961 Belgian general election | ||
| country | Belgium | ||
| type | parliamentary | ||
| ongoing | no | ||
| previous_election | 1958 Belgian general election | ||
| previous_year | 1958 | ||
| next_election | 1965 Belgian general election | ||
| next_year | 1965 | ||
| seats_for_election | 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives | ||
| election_date | 26 March 1961 | ||
| <!-- CVP --> | image1 | [[File:Th%C3%A9o_Lef%C3%A8vre_1964b.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| leader1 | Théo Lefèvre | ||
| leader_since1 | Candidate for PM | ||
| party1 | Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct) | ||
| last_election1 | 104 seats, 46.50% | ||
| seats1 | 96 | ||
| seat_change1 | 8 | ||
| popular_vote1 | 2,182,642 | ||
| percentage1 | 41.46% | ||
| swing1 | 5.04% | ||
| <!-- BSP --> | image2 | [[File:Leo_Collard_1968.jpg | 150x150px]] |
| leader2 | Léo Collard | ||
| leader_since2 | 1959 | ||
| party2 | Belgian Socialist Party | ||
| last_election2 | 80 seats, 35.79% | ||
| seats2 | 84 | ||
| seat_change2 | 4 | ||
| popular_vote2 | 1,933,424 | ||
| percentage2 | 36.72% | ||
| swing2 | 0.93% | ||
| <!-- PL --> | image3 | [[File:No_image.png | 100x100px]] |
| leader3 | Roger Motz | ||
| leader_since3 | 1958 | ||
| party3 | Liberal Party (Belgium) | ||
| last_election3 | 20 seats, 11.05% | ||
| seats3 | 20 | ||
| seat_change3 | |||
| popular_vote3 | 649,376 | ||
| percentage3 | 12.33% | ||
| swing3 | 1.28% | ||
| <!-- VU --> | image4 | [[File:No_image.png | 100x100px]] |
| leader4 | Frans Van der Elst | ||
| leader_since4 | 1955 | ||
| party4 | VU | ||
| last_election4 | 1 seat, 1.98% | ||
| seats4 | 5 | ||
| seat_change4 | 4 | ||
| popular_vote4 | 182,407 | ||
| percentage4 | 3.46% | ||
| swing4 | 1.48% | ||
| color4 | FFFF00 | ||
| <!-- KPB --> | image5 | [[File:No_image.png | 100x100px]] |
| leader5 | Ernest Burnelle | ||
| leader_since5 | 1954 | ||
| party5 | Communist | ||
| last_election5 | 2 seats, 1.89% | ||
| seats5 | 5 | ||
| seat_change5 | 3 | ||
| popular_vote5 | 162,238 | ||
| percentage5 | 3.08% | ||
| swing5 | 1.19% | ||
| color5 | |||
| image6 | [[File:No_image.png | 100x100px]] | |
| leader6 | Jean-Marie Evrard | ||
| leader_since6 | 1959 | ||
| party6 | RN | ||
| last_election6 | New | ||
| seats6 | 1 | ||
| seat_change6 | New | ||
| popular_vote6 | 42,450 | ||
| percentage6 | 0.81% | ||
| swing6 | New | ||
| color6 | 000080 | ||
| map_image | 1961 Belgian legislative election results map.svg | ||
| map_caption | Chamber seat distribution by constituency | ||
| title | Government | ||
| posttitle | Government after election | ||
| before_election | G. Eyskens IV | ||
| before_party | CVP/PSC-Lib | ||
| after_election | Lefèvre | ||
| after_party | CVP/PSC-BSP/PSB |
General elections were held in Belgium on 26 March 1961. The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 96 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 47 of the 106 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 92.3%. Elections for the nine provincial councils were also held.
Prior to the elections, the centre-right government of the Christian Social and Liberal Party led by Gaston Eyskens pushed through austerity measures with a law known as the Eenheidswet or Loi Unique, despite heavy strikes in the preceding weeks, especially in Wallonia. After the elections, the Christian Democrats formed a new government with the Socialist Party instead of the Liberal Party, with Théo Lefèvre as Prime Minister.
Results
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
References
References
- [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p289 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, pp309-311
- Nohlen & Stöver, p291
- https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/abgeordnetenkammer/1961/k%C3%B6nigreich/157384
- https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/senat/1961/k%C3%B6nigreich/161238
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