Belgium 1949 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Social Party won 105 of 212 seats with 43.5% of the vote; 94.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 4.1 points on 1946.
- Belgium
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social Party | 105 | +13 | 43.5 | +1.0 | 2,190,895 |
| Belgian Socialist Party | 66 | 0 | 29.8 | −1.9 | 1,496,539 |
| Liberal Party | 29 | +13 | 15.3 | +6.3 | 767,180 |
| Communist Party of Belgium | 12 | −11 | 7.5 | −5.2 | 376,765 |
| People's Union | 0 | 2.1 | 103,896 |
± is the change against the Belgium 1946 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Social Party 2,190,895
- Belgian Socialist Party 1,496,539
- Liberal Party 767,180
- Communist Party of Belgium 376,765
- People's Union 103,896
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
94.4% of the 5,635,452 registered voters cast a ballot (5,320,216 ballots), up 4.1 points on 1946. 5,030,883 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Social Party43.5% of votes49.5% of seats
- Belgian Socialist Party29.8% of votes31.1% of seats
- Liberal Party15.3% of votes13.7% of seats
- Communist Party of Belgium7.5% of votes5.7% of seats
- People's Union2.1% of votes0.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Christian Social Party led Belgian Socialist Party by 13.8 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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