1971 Belgian general election

none Belgium parliamentary 1968 Belgian general election 1968 1974 Belgian general election 1974 All 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 7 November 1971 130x130px 3x4.svg Jos Van Eynde nlEdmond Leburton Belgian Socialist Party 27.10%, 59 seats 57 2 1,335,730 25.29% 1.81pp Gaston_Eyskens_(1969).jpg Gaston Eyskens Christian People's Party (Belgium) – 40 New 967,701 18.32% New 3x4.svg Pierre Descamps Party for Freedom and Progress 20.87%, 47 seats 34 13 865,655 16.39% 4.48pp 3x4.svg Frans Van der Elst VU 9.79%, 20 seats 21 1 586,917 11.11% 1.32pp Robert J. Houben PSC – 15 New 327,393 6.20% New Government Government after election G. Eyskens V CVP-PSC-BSP/PSB G. Eyskens V CVP-PSC-BSP/PSB 1971 Belgian legislative election results map.svg Results by constituency for the Chamber of Representatives General elections were held in Belgium on 7 November 1971.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 40 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 34 of the 106 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 91.5%.Nohlen & Stöver, p291 Elections to the nine provincial councils were also held. The linguistic issues led to the splitting of the major parties into separate Flemish and Francophone parties. Consequently the election returned a very fragmented parliament. The election followed the first state reform, with the creation of three cultural communities. The newly elected members of parliament would thus also serve in the newly established cultural councils. Results Chamber of Representatives File:Belgian Chamber 1971.svg Belgian Socialist Party 1335730 57 –2 Christian People's Party 967701 40 New Party for Freedom and Progress 865655 34 –13 People's Union 586917 21 +1 Christian Social Party 327393 15 New Walloon Rally 306606 12 +6 PSC–CVP 292101 12 −57 FDF–Walloon Rally 286639 12 New Communist Party 161517 5 0 Red Lions 104040 4 +4 Independent Liberal Party 21919 0 New Independent Christians 7801 0 New Liberal Flemish People's Party 2740 0 New Trotskyists 2660 0 0 Kaganovemus 2580 0 New Van Meerhage 2004 0 New Z Kleur 1547 0 0 Democratic and Progressive Union 1534 0 New Francophone Party 1471 0 New New Party 899 0 New U Verbruik 640 0 New Dieferenbes 633 0 0 De Keyzer 565 0 New R D Wal 339 0 New 459637 0 6271240 Belgian ElectionsWahlergebnisse Abgeordnetenkammer 07 November 1971 https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/abgeordnetenkammer/1971/k%C3%B6nigreich/157366 2025-10-03 wahlergebnisse.belgium.be Senate CVP–PSC 1547853 34 +5 Belgian Socialist Party 1326242 24 –9 Party for Freedom and Progress 776514 15 −7 FDF–Walloon Rally 598768 6 +1 People's Union 592509 12 +3 Communist Party of Belgium 106799 1 −1 BSP–Red Lions 97371 0 New Liberal Democrat and Pluralist Party 81133 2 New lightskyblue Democratic and Progressive Union 61616 0 New Independent Liberal Party 15138 0 New Kaganovemus 3800 0 0 Liberal Flemish People's Party 3159 0 New Valentyn 513 0 New 415246 0 6271240 Belgian ElectionsWahlergebnisse Senat 07 November 1971 https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/senat/1971/k%C3%B6nigreich/162587 References Category:1971 elections in Belgium Category:November 1971 in Europe