Belgium 1985 federal election
Final results from ParlGov, read : Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish won 49 of 212 seats with 21.3% of the vote; 93.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.0 points on 1981.
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Result
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish49
- Socialist Party35
- Socialist Party32
- Liberal Reformist Party24
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats22
- Humanist Democratic Centre20
- People's Union16
- Ecolo5
- Groen4
- Francophone Democratic Front3
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest1
- Respect for Labour1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish | 49 | +6 | 21.3 | +2.0 | 1,291,244 |
| Socialist Party | 32 | +6 | 14.6 | +2.1 | 882,200 |
| Socialist Party | 35 | 0 | 13.8 | +1.1 | 834,488 |
| Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats | 22 | −6 | 10.8 | −2.1 | 651,806 |
| Liberal Reformist Party | 24 | 0 | 10.2 | +1.6 | 619,390 |
| Humanist Democratic Centre | 20 | +2 | 8.0 | +0.8 | 482,254 |
| People's Union | 16 | −4 | 7.9 | −1.9 | 477,755 |
| Groen | 4 | +2 | 3.7 | +1.4 | 226,758 |
| Ecolo | 5 | +3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 152,483 |
| Flemish Block / Flemish Interest | 1 | 0 | 1.4 | +0.3 | 85,391 |
| Francophone Democratic Front | 3 | −3 | 1.2 | −1.3 | 72,361 |
| Communist Party of Belgium | 0 | −2 | 1.2 | −1.1 | 71,695 |
| Respect for Labour | 1 | −2 | 1.1 | −1.6 | 69,707 |
± is the change against the Belgium 1981 federal election, party by party.
Votes by party
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish 1,291,244
- Socialist Party 882,200
- Socialist Party 834,488
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats 651,806
- Liberal Reformist Party 619,390
- Humanist Democratic Centre 482,254
- People's Union 477,755
- Groen 226,758
- Ecolo 152,483
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest 85,391
- Francophone Democratic Front 72,361
- Communist Party of Belgium 71,695
- Respect for Labour 69,707
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 7,001,297 registered voters cast a ballot (6,552,234 ballots), down 1.0 points on 1981. 6,064,260 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1974 in our data. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish21.3% of votes23.1% of seats
- Socialist Party13.8% of votes16.5% of seats
- Socialist Party14.6% of votes15.1% of seats
- Liberal Reformist Party10.2% of votes11.3% of seats
- Party of Liberty and Progress / Flemish Liberals and Democrats10.8% of votes10.4% of seats
- Humanist Democratic Centre8.0% of votes9.4% of seats
- People's Union7.9% of votes7.5% of seats
- Ecolo2.5% of votes2.4% of seats
- Groen3.7% of votes1.9% of seats
- Francophone Democratic Front1.2% of votes1.4% of seats
- Flemish Block / Flemish Interest1.4% of votes0.5% of seats
- Respect for Labour1.1% of votes0.5% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 8.2 by votes and 7.0 by seats; Flemish Christian Peoples Party / Christian Democrats & Flemish led Socialist Party by 6.7 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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