1958 Belgian general election

none 1958 Belgian general election Belgium parliamentary no 1954 Belgian general election 1954 1961 Belgian general election 1961 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 1 June 1958 150x150px Gaston Eyskens Candidate for PM Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct) 95 seats, 41.15% 104 9 2,465,549 46.50% 5.35% Achiel Van Acker (1958).jpg Achille Van Acker Candidate for PM Belgian Socialist Party 82 seats, 37.34% 80 2 1,897,646 35.79% 1.55% 100x100px Maurice Destenay 1954 Liberal Party (Belgium) 24 seats, 12.15% 20 4 585,999 11.05% 1.10% 100x100px N/A N/A LSK 5 seats, 2.10% 5 111,284 2.10% 800080 100x100px Ernest Burnelle 1954 Communist 4 seats, 3.57% 2 2 100,145 1.89% 1.68% 100x100px Frans Van der Elst 1955 VU New 1 New 104,823 1.98% New FFFF00 1958 Belgian legislative election results map.svg Chamber seat distribution by constituency Government Government after election van Acker IV BSP/PSB-Lib G. Eyskens II Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct) General elections were held in Belgium on 1 June 1958.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 Social Party, which won 104 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 53 of the 106 seats in the Senate.Nohlen & Stöver, pp309-311 Voter turnout was 93.6% in the Chamber election and 93.7% in the Senate election.Nohlen & Stöver, p291 Elections for the nine provincial councils were also held. The election took place in a political crisis known as the Second School War. The outgoing anti-clerical "purple" government of the Socialist and Liberal Party, led by Achille Van Acker, reversed policies of the previous Catholic-led government regarding private schools. The Van Acker government lost the election, leading again to a Catholic government led by Gaston Eyskens. That government, which was a few seats short of a majority in the Chamber, would be the last single-party government in Belgian history. Later in 1958, the School War was ended by a cross-party agreement and the Liberal Party joined the government. Results Chamber of Deputies File:Belgian Chamber 1958.svg Christian Social Party 2465549 104 +9 Belgian Socialist Party 1897646 80 –2 Liberal Party 585999 20 –4 Liberal–Socialist Kartels 111284 5 0 People's Union 104823 1 New Communist Party of Belgium 100145 2 –2 Other parties 36907 0 – 272774 0 5954858 Nohlen & Stöver Senate File:Belgium Senate 1958.svg Christian Social Party 2478153 53 +4 Belgian Socialist Party 1886242 40 –2 Liberal Party 574230 10 –1 Liberal–Socialist Kartels 111299 2 0 Communist Party of Belgium 100788 1 –1 People's Union 84364 0 0 Democratic Party 23953 2 0 – Independents 0 320096 0 5954858 Nohlen & Stöver, Belgian Electionshttps://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/senat/1958/k%C3%B6nigreich/162339 References General election Belgian general election