1954 Belgian general election

none 1954 Belgian general election Belgium parliamentary no 1950 Belgian general election 1950 1958 Belgian general election 1958 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 11 April 1954 150x150px Jean Van Houtte Candidate for PM Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct) 108 seats, 47.68% 95 13 2,123,408 41.15% 6.53% Achiel Van Acker (1958).jpg Achille Van Acker Candidate for PM Belgian Socialist Party 73 seats, 34.51% 82 9 1,927,015 37.34% 2.83% 100x100px Henri Liebaert 1953 Liberal Party (Belgium) 20 seats, 11.25% 24 4 626,983 12.15% 0.90% 100x100px N/A N/A LSK 4 seats, 1.77% 5 1 108,175 2.10% 0.33% 800080 100x100px Edgard Lalmand 1943 Communist 7 seats, 4.75% 4 3 184,108 3.57% 1.18% 100x100px Walter Couvreur 1954 CVV New 1 New 113,632 2.20% New 000000 1954 Belgian legislative election results map.svg Chamber seat distribution by constituency Government Government after election van Houtte Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct) van Acker IV BSP/PSB-Lib General elections were held in Belgium on 11 April 1954.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 978-3-8329-5609-7 The dominant Christian Social Party won 95 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 49 of the 106 seats in the Senate.Nohlen & Stöver, pp309-311 Voter turnout was 93.2%.Nohlen & Stöver, p291 Elections for the nine provincial councils were also held. The outgoing Catholic government led by Jean Van Houtte lost their majority in parliament. The two other main parties, the Socialist and Liberal Party, subsequently formed a rare "purple" government with Achille Van Acker as Prime Minister. Both parties had an anti-clerical agenda and aimed to reverse policies of the Catholic government regarding private schools. This would become known as the Second School War. Results Chamber of Deputies File:Belgian Chamber 1954.svg Christian Social Party 2123408 95 –13 Belgian Socialist Party 1927015 82 +9 Liberal Party 626983 24 +4 Communist Party of Belgium 184108 4 –3 Christian Flemish People's Union 113632 1 New Liberal–Socialist Kartels 108175 5 +1 Christian Social Rally of Liberty 42979 1 New Radio Antwerp 10177 0 New Middle Class 9729 0 New Universal People 3139 0 New Veteran Combatants 1839 0 New Van Wonterghem 1817 0 New Liberal dissidents 1807 0 New Independent Social Party 1613 0 New Hubert List 1143 0 New Camus List 1001 0 New Independent Union 884 0 New European Movement 581 0 New Flemish Bloc 456 0 New Mediator 191 0 New Independents 246 0 0 302668 0 5863092 Belgian ElectionsBelgian Elections Senate File:Belgium Senate 1954.svg Christian Social Party 2127699 49 –5 Belgian Socialist Party 1915213 42 +5 Liberal Party 620979 11 +1 Communist Party of Belgium 181843 2 –1 Liberal–Socialist Kartels 108966 2 0 Christian Flemish People's Union 155758 4 0 New People's Union 0 New Christian Social Rally of Liberty 0 New Other parties 0 – 0 5863092 Nohlen & Stöver, Belgian Elections References Category:1954 elections in Belgium Category:April 1954 in Europe