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Belgium 1950 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Social Party won 108 of 212 seats with 47.7% of the vote; 92.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.8 points on 1949.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Social Party108+347.7+4.22,356,608
Belgian Socialist Party73+734.5+4.81,705,781
Liberal Party20−911.3−4.0556,102
Communist Party of Belgium7−54.7−2.8234,541
Cartel of Liberals and Socialists41.887,252
Largest party without seats00.01,535

± is the change against the Belgium 1949 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Christian Social Party 2,356,608
  • Belgian Socialist Party 1,705,781
  • Liberal Party 556,102
  • Communist Party of Belgium 234,541
  • Cartel of Liberals and Socialists 87,252
  • Largest party without seats 1,535

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

92.6% of the 5,635,452 registered voters cast a ballot (5,219,278 ballots), down 1.8 points on 1949. 4,942,807 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Christian Social Party47.7% of votes50.9% of seats
  • Belgian Socialist Party34.5% of votes34.4% of seats
  • Liberal Party11.3% of votes9.4% of seats
  • Communist Party of Belgium4.7% of votes3.3% of seats
  • Cartel of Liberals and Socialists1.8% of votes1.9% 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 2.8 by votes and 2.6 by seats; Christian Social Party led Belgian Socialist Party by 13.2 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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