1925 Belgian general election

none 1925 Belgian general election Belgium parliamentary no 1921 Belgian general election 1921 1929 Belgian general election 1929 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives93 seats in the Senate 5 April 1925 150x150px Joseph Van Roosbroeck 1918 Belgian Labour Party 68 seats, 34.81% 78 10 821,116 39.48% 4.47% 150x150px Aloys Van de Vyvere Candidate for PM Catholic Party (Belgium) 70 seats, 34.02% 78 8 778,366 37.42% 3.40% 100x100px Édouard Pecher 1924 Liberal Party (Belgium) 33 seats, 17.80% 23 10 304,757 14.65% 3.15% Government Government after election Theunis I Catholic-Liberal Van de Vyvere Catholic Party (Belgium) General elections were held in Belgium on 5 April 1925.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 978-3-8329-5609-7 The result was a victory for the Belgian Labour Party, which won 78 of the 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.Nohlen & Stöver, p308 Voter turnout was 92.8% in the Chamber election and 92.7% in the Senate election.Nohlen & Stöver, p290 An extra seat in the Chamber of Representatives was assigned to the arrondissement of Verviers, after the annexation of Eupen-Malmedy. Following the elections, Aloys Van de Vyvere formed a Catholic minority government. After he failed to receive the confidence of the other parties in parliament, a Catholic-Labour government was formed led by Prosper Poullet. Results Chamber of Representatives File:Belgian Chamber 1925.svg Belgian Labour Party 821116 78 +10 Catholic Party 778366 78 0 Liberal Party 304757 23 –10 Frontpartij 80407 6 +2 Communist Party of Belgium 34149 2 +2 Christian Workers' Alliance 19642 0 0 Farmers 16106 0 – Middle Class Party 9999 0 0 Christian Democrats 4450 0 – Legionnaires 4005 0 – Agricultural Unions 2966 0 – Radical Socialists 2117 0 – National Legion 919 0 – Neutral 731 0 – Walloon National Party 642 0 – Independents 281 0 – +1 2346096 Nohlen & Stöver, Belgian Electionshttps://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/abgeordnetenkammer/1925/k%C3%B6nigreich/164818 Wahlergebnisse Abgeordnetenkammer 15 April 1925 wahlergebnisse.belgium.be Senate File:Belgium Senate 1925.svg Belgian Labour Party 828854 39 +6 Catholic Party 757804 38 +4 Liberal Party 324823 13 –5 Catholic dissidents 52286 3 New #FFDD88 Frontpartij 46417 0 0 Farmers 5800 0 New Middle Class Party 1965 0 0 Radical Socialists 1486 0 New Catholic National Party 1332 0 New Walloon National Party 654 0 New Independents 6776 0 New 0 2346096 Belgian Electionshttps://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/senat/1925/k%C3%B6nigreich/164987 Wahlergebnisse Senat 15 April 1925 wahlergebnisse.belgium.be References Belgium Category:1920s elections in Belgium Category:1925 in Belgium Category:April 1925 in Europe