Belgium 1908 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Catholic Party won 37 of 82 seats with 43.1% of the vote; 95.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Belgium
- Held
Result
- Catholic Party37
- Liberal Party22
- Belgian Labour Party19
- Cartel of Liberals and Socialists3
- Christene Volkspartij1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic Party | 37 | 43.1 | 517,679 |
| Liberal Party | 22 | 27.6 | 331,981 |
| Belgian Labour Party | 19 | 22.6 | 271,870 |
| Cartel of Liberals and Socialists | 3 | 3.3 | 40,068 |
| Christene Volkspartij | 1 | 2.7 | 32,046 |
Votes by party
- Catholic Party 517,679
- Liberal Party 331,981
- Belgian Labour Party 271,870
- Cartel of Liberals and Socialists 40,068
- Christene Volkspartij 32,046
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.
Share of the vote
Turnout
95.0% of the 1,304,864 registered voters cast a ballot (1,239,631 ballots). 1,200,906 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Catholic Party43.1% of votes45.1% of seats
- Liberal Party27.6% of votes26.8% of seats
- Belgian Labour Party22.6% of votes23.2% of seats
- Cartel of Liberals and Socialists3.3% of votes3.7% of seats
- Christene Volkspartij2.7% of votes1.2% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 1.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.2 by votes and 3.0 by seats; Catholic Party led Liberal Party by 15.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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