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Belgium 1925 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Belgian Labour Party won 78 of 187 seats with 39.4% of the vote; 92.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Belgian Labour Party7839.4820,116
Catholic Party7536.1751,058
Liberal Party2314.6304,467
Front Party / Flemish National Union63.980,407
Other parties (seats only)32.552,400
Communist Party of Belgium21.634,149
Votes by party
  • Belgian Labour Party 820,116
  • Catholic Party 751,058
  • Liberal Party 304,467
  • Front Party / Flemish National Union 80,407
  • Other parties (seats only) 52,400
  • Communist Party of Belgium 34,149

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

92.8% of the 2,346,096 registered voters cast a ballot (2,178,193 ballots). 2,079,920 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Belgian Labour Party39.4% of votes41.7% of seats
  • Catholic Party36.1% of votes40.1% of seats
  • Liberal Party14.6% of votes12.3% of seats
  • Front Party / Flemish National Union3.9% of votes3.2% of seats
  • Communist Party of Belgium1.6% of votes1.1% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.2 by votes and 2.8 by seats; Belgian Labour Party led Catholic Party by 3.3 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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