Belgium 1954 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Social Party won 95 of 212 seats with 41.1% of the vote; 93.2% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.6 points on 1950.
- Belgium
- Held
Result
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social Party | 95 | −13 | 41.1 | −6.6 | 2,123,408 |
| Belgian Socialist Party | 82 | +9 | 37.3 | +2.8 | 1,927,015 |
| Liberal Party | 24 | +4 | 12.1 | +0.8 | 626,983 |
| Communist Party of Belgium | 4 | −3 | 3.6 | −1.1 | 184,108 |
| People's Union | 1 | 2.2 | 113,632 | ||
| Cartel of Liberals and Socialists | 5 | +1 | 2.1 | +0.3 | 108,175 |
| Catholics Lists | 1 | 0.8 | 42,979 | ||
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | +0.2 | 10,177 |
± is the change against the Belgium 1950 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Social Party 2,123,408
- Belgian Socialist Party 1,927,015
- Liberal Party 626,983
- Communist Party of Belgium 184,108
- People's Union 113,632
- Cartel of Liberals and Socialists 108,175
- Catholics Lists 42,979
- Largest party without seats 10,177
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
93.2% of the 5,863,092 registered voters cast a ballot (5,463,154 ballots), up 0.6 points on 1950. 5,160,486 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Social Party41.1% of votes44.8% of seats
- Belgian Socialist Party37.3% of votes38.7% of seats
- Liberal Party12.1% of votes11.3% of seats
- Cartel of Liberals and Socialists2.1% of votes2.4% of seats
- Communist Party of Belgium3.6% of votes1.9% of seats
- People's Union2.2% of votes0.5% of seats
- Catholics Lists0.8% of votes0.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.1 by votes and 2.7 by seats; Christian Social Party led Belgian Socialist Party by 3.8 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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