Belgium 1965 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Social Party won 77 of 212 seats with 34.5% of the vote; 91.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.8 points on 1961.
- Belgium
- Held
Result
- Christian Social Party77
- Belgian Socialist Party64
- Liberal Party48
- People's Union12
- Communist Party of Belgium6
- Francophone Democratic Front3
- Unnamed party with one seat2
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social Party | 77 | −19 | 34.5 | −7.0 | 1,785,211 |
| Belgian Socialist Party | 64 | −20 | 28.3 | −8.4 | 1,465,503 |
| Liberal Party | 48 | +28 | 21.6 | +9.3 | 1,119,991 |
| People's Union | 12 | +7 | 6.7 | +3.2 | 346,860 |
| Communist Party of Belgium | 6 | +1 | 4.6 | +1.5 | 236,721 |
| Francophone Democratic Front | 3 | 1.3 | 68,966 | ||
| Largest party without seats | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | +0.2 | 41,674 |
| Unnamed party with one seat | 2 | +1 |
± is the change against the Belgium 1961 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Christian Social Party 1,785,211
- Belgian Socialist Party 1,465,503
- Liberal Party 1,119,991
- People's Union 346,860
- Communist Party of Belgium 236,721
- Francophone Democratic Front 68,966
- Largest party without seats 41,674
- Unnamed party with one seat
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
91.6% of the 6,091,534 registered voters cast a ballot (5,578,876 ballots), down 0.8 points on 1961. 5,181,935 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1946 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Christian Social Party34.5% of votes36.3% of seats
- Belgian Socialist Party28.3% of votes30.2% of seats
- Liberal Party21.6% of votes22.6% of seats
- People's Union6.7% of votes5.7% of seats
- Communist Party of Belgium4.6% of votes2.8% of seats
- Francophone Democratic Front1.3% of votes1.4% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.0 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Christian Social Party led Belgian Socialist Party by 6.2 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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