Belgian general election, 1977

Belgian general election, 1977
Belgium
17 April 1977
212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
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General elections were held in Belgium on 17 April 1977.[1] 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%.[2] Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils and for the Council of the German Cultural Community.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Christian People's Party1,460,75726.2056+6
Belgian Socialist Party (Flanders)725,51313.0127New
Belgian Socialist Party602,13210.8034New
People's Union559,56710.0420–2
Party for Freedom and Progress475,9178.5417New
Christian Social Party406,6947.2924+2
Democratic Front of the Francophones263,1044.7211New
Liberal Reformist Party191,1963.3416New
Belgian Socialist Party (Wallonia)145,7712.6100
PSC-CSP138,3612.480New
Walloon Rally132,7732.384–7
PLRW/PRF107,0151.920New
PLRW-PL92,1781.650New
Communist Party of Belgium62,4101.120–2
PCB-UDP51,9300.930New
Community Party (Wallonia)37,1040.672New
PSB-RW33,5980.601New
AMADA22,9190.410New
ECOLOG11,8390.210New
RAL8,5620.150New
Party of German-speaking Belgians7,7350.1400
PLPW5,2200.090New
ECOLOG-PBNZ4,3210.080New
Ecolo3,8340.070New
LRT-RAL3,1270.060New
LRT2,9050.050New
AGALEV2,4350.040New
FFF2,0990.040New
TPO1,9800.040New
CPC/URB1,5470.030New
PRF1,5140.030New
RLiège1,4210.0300
UB1,0830.020New
FNP9940.020New
VFP9670.020New
KAGANO8840.020New
COLOGIQUE7770.010New
EW6050.010New
PCBML5330.010New
VOP4430.010New
VB773770.010New
UCMLB2220.000New
UC-MEUNIER1990.000New
PORT1750.000New
PP1690.000New
POE1520.000New
Invalid/blank votes431,153
Total6,006,2111002120
Source: Belgian Elections

Senate

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Christian People's Party1,446,80626.1828+1
Belgian Socialist Party (Wallonia)756,40113.6919New
Belgian Socialist Party (Flanders)719,53313.0212New
People's Union562,89410.19100
Christian Social Party522,6139.4611+1
Party for Freedom and Progress472,6458.559New
Liberal Reformist Party316,2925.727New
Democratic Front of the Francophones546,3674.466New
Walloon Rally158,6422.872New
Communist Party of Belgium108,0001.9510
PL70,4581.280New
PCB-UDP50,7490.920New
BSP-RW33,9450.611New
AMADA-TPO27,6930.500New
Party of German-speaking Belgians10,2130.1800
Ecolo7,5580.140New
PLPW5,3050.100New
VFP-PFU3,4130.060New
AGALEV3,2700.060New
UB1,1820.020New
VOP8960.020New
LRT-RAL3870.010New
URB2070.000New
Invalid/blank votes486,091
Total6,012,0621001060
Source: Belgian Elections

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p291
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