1925 Belgian general election

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5 April 1925

1929 →

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Joseph Van Roosbroeck	Aloys Van de Vyvere	Édouard Pecher
Party	Labour	Catholic	Liberal
Leader since	1918	Candidate for PM	1924
Last election	68 seats, 34.81%	70 seats, 34.02%	33 seats, 17.80%
Seats won	78	78	23
Seat change	10	8	10
Popular vote	821,116	778,366	304,757
Percentage	39.48%	37.42%	14.65%
Swing	4.47%	3.40%	3.15%

Government before election

Theunis I
Catholic-Liberal

Government after election

Van de Vyvere
Catholic

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General elections were held in Belgium on 5 April 1925. The result was a victory for the Belgian Labour Party, which won 78 of the 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives. Voter turnout was 92.8% in the Chamber election and 92.7% in the Senate election.

An extra seat in the Chamber of Representatives was assigned to the arrondissement of Verviers, after the annexation of Eupen-Malmedy.

Following the elections, Aloys Van de Vyvere formed a Catholic minority government. After he failed to receive the confidence of the other parties in parliament, a Catholic-Labour government was formed led by Prosper Poullet.

Results

Chamber of Representatives



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Belgian Labour Party	821,116	39.46	78	+10
	Catholic Party	778,366	37.41	78	0
	Liberal Party	304,757	14.65	23	–10
	Frontpartij	80,407	3.86	6	+2
	Communist Party of Belgium	34,149	1.64	2	+2
	Christian Workers' Alliance	19,642	0.94	0	0
	Farmers	16,106	0.77	0	–
	Middle Class Party	9,999	0.48	0	0
	Christian Democrats	4,450	0.21	0	–
	Legionnaires	4,005	0.19	0	–
	Agricultural Unions	2,966	0.14	0	–
	Radical Socialists	2,117	0.10	0	–
	National Legion	919	0.04	0	–
	Neutral	731	0.04	0	–
	Walloon National Party	642	0.03	0	–
	Independents	281	0.01	0	–
Total		2,080,653	100.00	187	+1

Registered voters/turnout		2,346,096	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Belgian Elections

Senate



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Belgian Labour Party	828,854	40.87	39	+6
	Catholic Party	757,804	37.36	38	+4
	Liberal Party	324,823	16.02	13	–5
	Catholic dissidents	52,286	2.58	3	New
	Frontpartij	46,417	2.29	0	0
	Farmers	5,800	0.29	0	New
	Middle Class Party	1,965	0.10	0	0
	Radical Socialists	1,486	0.07	0	New
	Catholic National Party	1,332	0.07	0	New
	Walloon National Party	654	0.03	0	New
	Independents	6,776	0.33	0	New
Total		2,028,197	100.00	93	0

Registered voters/turnout		2,346,096	–
Source: Belgian Elections

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p308
Nohlen & Stöver, p290

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