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Belgium 1936 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Belgian Labour Party won 70 of 202 seats with 32.1% of the vote; 94.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Belgian Labour Party7032.1758,485
Catholic Party6127.7653,717
Liberal Party2312.4292,970
Rexist Party2111.5271,481
Front Party / Flemish National Union167.1166,737
Communist Party of Belgium96.1143,223
Christian Democrats20.922,224
Largest party without seats00.614,989
Votes by party
  • Belgian Labour Party 758,485
  • Catholic Party 653,717
  • Liberal Party 292,970
  • Rexist Party 271,481
  • Front Party / Flemish National Union 166,737
  • Communist Party of Belgium 143,223
  • Christian Democrats 22,224
  • Largest party without seats 14,989

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

94.7% of the 2,652,707 registered voters cast a ballot (2,511,246 ballots). 2,362,436 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Belgian Labour Party32.1% of votes34.7% of seats
  • Catholic Party27.7% of votes30.2% of seats
  • Liberal Party12.4% of votes11.4% of seats
  • Rexist Party11.5% of votes10.4% of seats
  • Front Party / Flemish National Union7.1% of votes7.9% of seats
  • Communist Party of Belgium6.1% of votes4.5% of seats
  • Christian Democrats0.9% of votes1.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.6 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Belgian Labour Party led Catholic Party by 4.4 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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