Belgium 1961 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Social Party won 96 of 212 seats with 41.5% of the vote; 92.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.3 points on 1958.
- Belgium
- Held
Result
- Christian Social Party96
- Belgian Socialist Party84
- Liberal Party20
- Communist Party of Belgium5
- People's Union5
- Catholics Lists1
- Unnamed party with one seat1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social Party | 96 | −8 | 41.5 | −5.0 | 2,182,642 |
| Belgian Socialist Party | 84 | +4 | 36.7 | +0.9 | 1,933,424 |
| Liberal Party | 20 | 0 | 12.3 | +1.2 | 649,376 |
| People's Union | 5 | +4 | 3.5 | +1.5 | 182,407 |
| Communist Party of Belgium | 5 | +3 | 3.1 | +1.2 | 162,238 |
| Unnamed party with one seat | 1 | 0.9 | 46,244 | ||
| Catholics Lists | 1 | 0.8 | 42,450 | ||
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0.6 | 33,174 |
± is the change against the Belgium 1958 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Social Party 2,182,642
- Belgian Socialist Party 1,933,424
- Liberal Party 649,376
- People's Union 182,407
- Communist Party of Belgium 162,238
- Unnamed party with one seat 46,244
- Catholics Lists 42,450
- Largest party without seats 33,174
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
92.3% of the 6,036,165 registered voters cast a ballot (5,573,840 ballots), down 1.3 points on 1958. 5,265,025 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1946 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Social Party41.5% of votes45.3% of seats
- Belgian Socialist Party36.7% of votes39.6% of seats
- Liberal Party12.3% of votes9.4% of seats
- People's Union3.5% of votes2.4% of seats
- Communist Party of Belgium3.1% of votes2.4% of seats
- Catholics Lists0.8% of votes0.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.1 (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 4.8 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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