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1977 Belgian general election

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FieldValue
election_name1977 Belgian general election
countryBelgium
typeparliamentary
ongoingno
previous_election1974 Belgian general election
previous_year1974
next_election1978 Belgian general election
next_year1978
seats_for_election212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
election_date17 April 1977
image1
leader1Leo Tindemans
leader_since1Candidate for PM
party1Christian People's Party (Belgium)
last_election150 seats, 23.25%
seats156
seat_change16
popular_vote11,460,757
percentage126.20%
swing12.95%
image2
leader2André Cools
leader_since21973
party2Belgian Socialist Party
last_election259 seats, 26.66%
seats234
seat_change215
popular_vote2602,132
percentage210.80%
swing215.86%
image3
leader3Karel Van Miert
leader_since31977
party3Belgian Socialist Party
last_election359 seats, 26.66%
seats327
seat_change322
popular_vote3725,513
percentage313.01%
swing313.65%
image4PSC
leader4Georges Gramme
leader_since41976
party4Christian Social Party (Wallonia)
last_election422 seats, 9.09%
seats424
seat_change42
popular_vote4406,694
percentage47.29%
swing41.80%
image5VU
leader5Hugo Schiltz
leader_since51975
party5VU
last_election522 seats, 10.20%
seats520
seat_change52
popular_vote5559,567
percentage510.04%
swing50.16%
color5FFFF00
image6PVV
leader6Frans Grootjans
leader_since61973
party6Party for Freedom and Progress (Flanders)
last_election630 seats, 15.19%
seats617
seat_change613
popular_vote6475,917
percentage68.54%
swing66.65%
titleGovernment
posttitleGovernment after election
before_electionTindemans I
before_partyCVP-PSC-PVV-PRL
after_electionTindemans II
after_partyCVP-PSC-BSP/PSB-VU-FDF
map_image1977 Belgian legislative election results map.svg
map_captionResults by constituency for the Chamber of Representatives

General elections were held in Belgium on 17 April 1977. The result was a victory for the Christian People's Party, which won 56 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 28 of the 106 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 95.1%. Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils and for the Council of the German Cultural Community.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

References

References

  1. [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p289 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p291
  3. https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/abgeordnetenkammer/1977/k%C3%B6nigreich/157916
  4. https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/senat/1977/k%C3%B6nigreich/159910
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