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Belgium 1958 federal election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Social Party won 104 of 212 seats with 46.5% of the vote; 93.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.4 points on 1954.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Social Party104+946.5+5.42,465,549
Belgian Socialist Party80−235.8−1.51,897,646
Liberal Party20−411.1−1.0585,999
Cartel of Liberals and Socialists502.10.0111,284
People's Union102.0−0.2104,823
Communist Party of Belgium2−21.9−1.7100,145

± is the change against the Belgium 1954 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Christian Social Party 2,465,549
  • Belgian Socialist Party 1,897,646
  • Liberal Party 585,999
  • Cartel of Liberals and Socialists 111,284
  • People's Union 104,823
  • Communist Party of Belgium 100,145

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

93.6% of the 5,954,858 registered voters cast a ballot (5,575,127 ballots), up 0.4 points on 1954. 5,302,353 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1949 in our data. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Christian Social Party46.5% of votes49.1% of seats
  • Belgian Socialist Party35.8% of votes37.7% of seats
  • Liberal Party11.1% of votes9.4% of seats
  • Cartel of Liberals and Socialists2.1% of votes2.4% of seats
  • Communist Party of Belgium1.9% of votes0.9% of seats
  • People's Union2.0% of votes0.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.8 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Christian Social Party led Belgian Socialist Party by 10.7 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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