Belgian general election, 1932

Belgian general election, 1932

27 November 1932

All 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives All 93 seats in the Senate

General elections were held in Belgium on 27 November 1932.^[1] The Catholic Party won 79 of the 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 42 of the 93 seats in the Senate.^[2] Voter turnout was 94.3%.^[3]

Shortly before the election, Charles de Broqueville took over as Prime Minister from Jules Renkin. The Catholic-Liberal government continued after the election.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Catholic Party	899,887	38.5	79	+8
	Belgian Labour Party	866,817	37.1	73	+3
	Liberal Party	333,567	14.3	24	–4
Frontpartij		130,755	5.6	8	–3
Communist Party of Belgium		65,694	2.8	3	+2
Other parties		38,471	1.6	0	–6
Invalid/blank votes		74,361	–	–	–
Total		2,409,553	100	187	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Catholic Party	893,290	44.0	42
	Belgian Labour Party	860,053	42.3	39
	Liberal Party	339,127	16.7	11
Frontpartij		119,740	5.9	1
Communist Party of Belgium		54,902	2.7	0
Other parties		20,256	1.0	0
Invalid/blank votes		119,971	–	–
Total		2,409,533	100	93
Source (total/invalid): Nohlen & Stöver

References

1. Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p308
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p290