1977 Belgian general election

none 1977 Belgian general election Belgium parliamentary no 1974 Belgian general election 1974 1978 Belgian general election 1978 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 17 April 1977 Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F050938-0028, Bonn, Tagung CDU-Bundesausschuss, Tindemans.jpg 175 120 160 30 25 Leo Tindemans Candidate for PM Christian People's Party (Belgium) 50 seats, 23.25% 56 6 1,460,757 26.20% 2.95% Andre_Cools.jpg 300 120 160 20 75 André Cools 1973 Belgian Socialist Party 59 seats, 26.66%reference_name_A a a 34 15 602,132 10.80% 15.86% Karel_van_Miert_(SP,_Belgi%C3%AB),_Bestanddeelnr_933-5684.jpg 300 120 160 30 80 Karel Van Miert 1977 Belgian Socialist Party 59 seats, 26.66%reference_name_A a a 27 22 725,513 13.01% 13.65% PSC Georges Gramme 1976 Christian Social Party (Wallonia) 22 seats, 9.09% 24 2 406,694 7.29% 1.80% VU Hugo Schiltz 1975 VU 22 seats, 10.20% 20 2 559,567 10.04% 0.16% FFFF00 PVV Frans Grootjans 1973 Party for Freedom and Progress (Flanders) 30 seats, 15.19% 17 13 475,917 8.54% 6.65% Government Government after election Tindemans I CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL Tindemans II CVP-PSC-BSP/PSB-VU-FDF 1977 Belgian legislative election results map.svg Results by constituency for the Chamber of Representatives General elections were held in Belgium on 17 April 1977.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 978-3-8329-5609-7 The result was a victory for the Christian People's Party, which won 56 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 28 of the 106 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 95.1%.Nohlen & Stöver, p291 Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils and for the Council of the German Cultural Community. Results Chamber of Representatives File:Belgian Chamber 1977.svg Belgian Socialist Party 4 BSP (Flanders) 725513 27 New PSB-BSP 602132 34 New PSB (Wallonia) 145771 0 0 1473416 61 +2 Christian People's Party 1460757 56 +6 People's Union 559567 20 –2 Party for Freedom and Progress 3 PVV 475917 17 New PLP of Wallonia 5220 0 0 481137 17 –13 Christian Social Party 406694 24 +2 Party of Reforms and Freedom of Wallonia 4 PRLW 191196 16 New PRLW–PRF 107015 0 New PRLW–Liberal Party 92178 0 New 390389 16 New Democratic Front of the Francophones 263104 11 New Communist Party of Belgium 4 KPB/PCB 62410 0 –2 PCB–UDP 51930 0 New PCB (Wallonia) 37104 2 New 151444 2 0 PSC–CSP 138361 0 New Walloon Rally 132773 4 –7 PSB–Walloon Rally 33598 1 New All Power to the Workers 3 AMADA (Flanders) 22919 0 New TPO (Wallonia) 1980 0 New 24899 0 0 Revolutionary Workers' League 4 RAL (Flanders) 8562 0 New LRT-RAL 3127 0 New LRT (Wallonia) 2905 0 New 14594 0 New ECOLOG 11839 0 New Party of German-speaking Belgians 7735 0 0 ECOLOG–Snow White and Seven Dwarfs Party 4321 0 New Ecolo 3834 0 New United Feminist Party 3 PFU (Wallonia) 1514 0 New VFP (Flanders) 967 0 New 2481 0 0 Agalev 2435 0 New Francophone Women's Front 2099 0 New Centre Party–Belgian Radical Union 1547 0 0 Return to Liège 1421 0 0 Union of Belgians 1083 0 New People's National Front 994 0 New Kaganovemus 884 0 0 ECOLOGIQUE 777 0 New Ecologie Wallonia 605 0 New Communist Party of Belgium – Marxist–Leninist 533 0 New United Independent Party 443 0 New Flanders–Brussels 77 377 0 New Union of Marxist–Leninist Communists of Belgium 222 0 New UC–MEUNIER 199 0 New Revolutionary Workers' Party 175 0 New Parti Pris 169 0 New European Workers Party 152 0 New 431153 6316662 0 Belgian ElectionsWahlergebnisse Abgeordnetenkammer 17 April 1977 https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/abgeordnetenkammer/1977/k%C3%B6nigreich/157916 2026-09-03 wahlergebnisse.belgium.be Senate File:Belgium Senate 1977.svg Christian People's Party 1446806 28 +1 Belgian Socialist Party (Wallonia) 756401 19 New Belgian Socialist Party (Flanders) 719533 12 New People's Union 562894 10 0 Christian Social Party 522613 11 +1 Party for Freedom and Progress 472645 9 New Party of Reforms and Freedom of Wallonia 316292 7 New Democratic Front of the Francophones 246367 6 New Walloon Rally 158642 2 New Communist Party of Belgium 108000 1 0 Liberal Party 70458 0 New PCB–UDP 50749 0 New PSB–Walloon Rally 33945 1 New All Power to the Workers 27693 0 New Party of German-speaking Belgians 10213 0 0 Ecolo 7558 0 New Party for Freedom and Progress (Wallonia) 5305 0 0 United Feminist Party 3413 0 0 Agalev 3270 0 New Union of Belgians 1182 0 New United Independent Party 896 0 New Revolutionary Workers' League 387 0 New Belgian Radical Union 207 0 0 Other parties 502 0 – 486091 6012062 0 Belgian ElectionsWahlergebnisse Senat 17 April 1977 https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/senat/1977/k%C3%B6nigreich/159910 2026-09-03 wahlergebnisse.belgium.be References Category:1977 elections in Belgium Category:April 1977 in Europe