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Belgium 1946 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Social Party won 92 of 202 seats with 42.5% of the vote; 90.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Christian Social Party9242.51,006,293
Belgian Socialist Party6631.6746,738
Communist Party of Belgium2312.7300,099
Liberal Party168.9211,143
Belgian Democratic Union12.251,095
Cartel of Liberals and Socialists41.637,844
Largest party without seats00.13,360
Votes by party
  • Christian Social Party 1,006,293
  • Belgian Socialist Party 746,738
  • Communist Party of Belgium 300,099
  • Liberal Party 211,143
  • Belgian Democratic Union 51,095
  • Cartel of Liberals and Socialists 37,844
  • Largest party without seats 3,360

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.

Share of the vote

Turnout

90.3% of the 2,724,796 registered voters cast a ballot (2,460,609 ballots). 2,365,638 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Christian Social Party42.5% of votes45.5% of seats
  • Belgian Socialist Party31.6% of votes32.7% of seats
  • Communist Party of Belgium12.7% of votes11.4% of seats
  • Liberal Party8.9% of votes7.9% of seats
  • Cartel of Liberals and Socialists1.6% of votes2.0% of seats
  • Belgian Democratic Union2.2% of votes0.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 3.0 by seats; Christian Social Party led Belgian Socialist Party by 10.9 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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