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{{Infobox election
{{More citations needed|date=August 2019}}
| election_name = Belgian general election, 1939
{{Infobox legislative election
| country = Belgium
| country = Belgium
| previous_election = [[1936 Belgian general election|1936]]
| type = parliamentary
| next_election = [[1946 Belgian general election|1946]]
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Belgian general election, 1936
| previous_year = 1936
| next_election = Belgian general election, 1946
| next_year = 1946
| seats_for_election = All 202 seats in the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]]<br />All 101 seats in the [[Senate (Belgium)|Senate]]
| election_date = 2 April 1939
| election_date = 2 April 1939
}}
[[File:Hubert Pierlot 1947.jpg|thumb|[[Hubert Pierlot]], Catholic Prime Minister]]


| module = {{Infobox legislative election
'''General elections''' were held in [[Belgium]] on 2 April 1939.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7</ref> The result was a victory for the [[Catholic Party (Belgium)|Catholic Party]], which won 67 the 202 seats in the [[Belgian Chamber of Representatives|Chamber of Representatives]]. Voter turnout was 93.3%.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p290</ref>
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| election_name = Chamber of Representatives
| seats_for_election = All 202 seats in the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]]


|party1 = [[Catholic Party (Belgium)|PC]]–[[Catholic Flemish People's Party|KVV]] |leader1 = [[Hubert Pierlot]] |percentage1 = 32.71 |seats1 = 73 |last_election1 = 61
Less than two months before the election, the [[Hubert Pierlot|Pierlot]] Government succeeded the [[Paul-Henri Spaak|Spaak]] Government. After the election, Pierlot continued as Prime Minister. The elections were the last before the Second World War.
|party2 = Belgian Labour Party |leader2 = [[Paul-Henri Spaak]] |percentage2 = 30.19 |seats2 = 64 |last_election2 = 70
|party4 = Liberal Party (Belgium) |leader4 = [[Émile Coulonvaux]] |percentage4 = 17.19 |seats4 = 33 |last_election4 = 23
|party5 = Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond |leader5 = [[Staf De Clercq]] |percentage5 = 8.28 |seats5 = 17 |last_election5 = 16
|party6 = Communist Party of Belgium |leader6 = Collective leadership |percentage6 = 5.36 |seats6 = 9 |last_election6 = 9
|party7 = Rexist Party |leader7 = [[Léon Degrelle]] |percentage7 = 4.44 |seats7 = 4 |last_election7 = 21
|party8 = [[Technocrat Party|Technocrat]] |leader8 = [[Leo Frenssen]] |percentage8 = |seats8 = 1 |last_election8 = new | color8 = #808080
|party9 = Veterans |leader9 = |percentage9 = |seats9 = 1 |last_election9 = new | color9 = #AAAA00

| module = {{Infobox legislative election
| embed = yes
| election_name = Senate
| seats_for_election = All 101 seats in the [[Senate (Belgium)|Senate]]

|party1 = Catholic Party (Belgium) |leader1 = [[Hubert Pierlot]] |percentage1 = 30.71 |seats1 = 35 |last_election1 = 34
|party11 = Belgian Labour Party |leader11 = [[Paul-Henri Spaak]] |percentage11 = 30.64 |seats11 = 35 |last_election11 = 39
|party12 = Liberal Party (Belgium) |leader12 = [[Émile Coulonvaux]] |percentage12 = 17.57 |seats12 = 16 |last_election12 = 11
|party13 = Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond |leader13 = [[Staf De Clercq]] |percentage13 = 7.76 |seats13 = 8 |last_election13 = 5
|party14 = Communist Party of Belgium |leader14 = Collective leadership |percentage14 = 5.04 |seats14 = 3 |last_election14 = 4
|party15 = Rexist Party |leader15 = [[Léon Degrelle]] |percentage15 = 4.13 |seats15 = 1 |last_election15 = 8
|party16 = [[Catholic Flemish People's Party|KVV]] |leader16 = [[Alfons Verbist]] |percentage16 = 2.75 |seats16 = 3 |last_election16 = new |color16=#DF8110

| title = [[Cabinet of Belgium|Government]]
| posttitle = Government after election
| before_election = [[Paul-Henri Spaak|Spaak I]]
| before_party = National Unity ([[Belgian Labour Party|Lab]]–[[Catholic Party (Belgium)|Catholic]]–[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Lib]])
| after_election = [[Hubert Pierlot|Pierlot I]]
| after_party = [[Catholic Party (Belgium)|Catholic]]–[[Belgian Labour Party|Lab]]
}}}}}}

General elections were held in [[Belgium]] on 2 April 1939.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p289 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> The result was a victory for the [[Catholic Party (Belgium)|Catholic Party]], which won 67 of the 202 seats in the [[Belgian Chamber of Representatives|Chamber of Representatives]]. Voter turnout was 93.3%.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p290</ref>

On 22 February 1939, the [[Hubert Pierlot|Pierlot]] Government succeeded the [[Paul-Henri Spaak|Spaak]] Government. The Spaak Government was in a political crisis caused by, among other things, the [[Adriaan Martens|Martens]] Affair. As the Pierlot Government fell as well and the ministers failed to form a stable government, King [[Leopold III of Belgium|Leopold III]] insisted on a dissolution of parliament, but the council of ministers refused due to fear of electoral losses. It was not Prime Minister Pierlot, but the Minister of the Interior who provided the required ''{{lang|fr|contresignant}}'' of the royal order of 6 March 1939 which dissolved the Chambers and triggered the snap elections.

After the election, Pierlot continued as Prime Minister. The elections were the last before World War II.


==Results==
==Results==
===Chamber of Representatives===
===Chamber of Representatives===
{{Election results
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|image=[[File:Belgian Chamber 1939.svg]]
!colspan=2|Party
|party1=[[Catholic Party (Belgium)|Catholic Party]]|votes1=764843|vspan1=2|seats1=67|sc1=+6
!Votes
|party2=[[Catholic Flemish People's Party]]|seats2=6|sc2=New|color2=#DF8110
!%
|party3=[[Belgian Labour Party]]|votes3=705969|seats3=64|sc3=–6
!Seats
|party4=[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]|votes4=401991|seats4=33|sc4=+10
!+/–
|party5=[[Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond]]|votes5=193528|seats5=17|sc5=+1
|-
|party6=[[Communist Party of Belgium]]|votes6=125428|seats6=9|sc6=0
| style="background-color:orange;" |
|party7=[[Rexist Party]]|votes7=103821|seats7=4|sc7=–17
|align=left|[[Catholic Party (Belgium)|Catholic Party]]||594,133||30.38||67||+6
|party8=[[Heimattreue Front]]|votes8=7733|seats8=0|sc8=New
|-
|party9=[[Technocrat Party]]|votes9=35124|vspan9=11|seats9=1|sc9=New|color9=#808080
| style="background-color:red;" |
|party10=Veterans|votes10=|seats10=1|sc10=New|color10=#AAAA00
|align=left|[[Belgian Labour Party]]||575,775||29.44||64||–6
|party11=Walloon Party|votes11=|seats11=0|sc11=New
|-
|party12=[[Belgian Labour Party|Socialist]] dissidents|seats12=0|sc12=0
| style="background-color:blue;" |
|align=left|[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]||335,966||17.18||33||+10
|party13=[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal]] dissidents|votes13=|seats13=0|sc13=New
|party14=Revolutionary Socialist Action|votes14=|seats14=0|sc14=0
|-
|party15=Lahaut List|votes15=|seats15=0|sc15=New
|align=left colspan=2|[[Flemish National Union]]||164,253||8.40||17||+1
|party16=Liste De Keyser (Tchno)|votes16=|seats16=0|sc16=New
|-
|party17=Walloon Dissident Party|votes17=|seats17=0|sc17=New
|align=left colspan=2|[[Communist Party of Belgium]]||90,856||4.65||9||0
|party18=Verbist|votes18=|seats18=0|sc18=New
|-
|party19=Independents|votes19=|seats19=0|sc19=0
|align=left colspan=2|[[Rexism|Rexist Party]]||83,047||4.25||4||–17
|invalid=150442
|-
|total_sc=0
|align=left colspan=2|[[Catholic Flemish People's Party]]||62,548||3.20||6||New
|electorate=2667341
|-
|source=Mackie & Rose<!--Vote figures-->, [https://verkiezingsresultaten.belgium.be/nl/election-results/kamer-van-volksvertegenwoordigers/1939/rijk/163939 Belgian Elections]<!--Full set of parties but vote figures wrong-->
|align=left colspan=2|[[Technocrat Party]]||10,843||0.55||1||New
}}
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Anc. Combat./Oudstrijder||10,630||0.54||1||New
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Heimattreue Front||8,057||0.41||0||New
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Walloon Party||7,370||0.38||0||New
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Afgescheurde Socialists||5,136||0.26||0||New
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Afgescheurde Liberals||4,228||0.22||0||New
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Action Soc. Rév. - Rev||2,119||0.11||0||New
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Lahaut List||367||0.02||0||New
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Liste De Keyser (Tchno)||343||0.02||0||New
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Walloon Dissident Party||317||0.02||0||New
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Verbist||195||0.01||0||New
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Independents||91||0.00||0||0
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes||151,342||–||–||–
|-
|align=left colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''2,107,156'''||'''100'''||'''202'''||'''0'''
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout||2,667,341||79.00||–||–
|-
|align=left colspan=6|Source: [http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/nl/result_ko.php?date=1939-04-02&vt=CK&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263 Belgian Elections]
|}


===Senate===
===Senate===
{{Election results
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
|image=[[File:Belgium Senate 1939.svg]]
!colspan=2|Party
|party1=[[Catholic Party (Belgium)|Catholic Party]]|votes1=703250|seats1=35|sc1=+1
!Votes
|party2=[[Belgian Labour Party]]|votes2=701552|seats2=35|sc2=–4
!%
|party3=[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]|votes3=402326|seats3=16|sc3=+5
!Seats
|party4=[[Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond]]|votes4=177666|seats4=8|sc4=+3
!+/–
|party5=[[Communist Party of Belgium]]|votes5=115308|seats5=3|sc5=–1
|-
|party6=[[Rexist Party]]|votes6=94543|seats6=1|sc6=–7
| style="background-color:orange;" |
|align=left|[[Catholic Party (Belgium)|Catholic Party]]||703,250||30.71||35||+1
|party7=[[Catholic Flemish People's Party]]|votes7=62976|seats7=3|sc7=New|color7=#DF8110
|party8=Independents|votes8=32209|seats8=0|sc8=0
|-
|invalid=199033
| style="background-color:red;" |
|total_sc=0
|align=left|[[Belgian Labour Party]]||701,552||30.64||35||–4
|electorate=2667341
|-
|source=[https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/senat/1939/k%C3%B6nigreich/165006 Belgian Elections]
| style="background-color:blue;" |
}}
|align=left|[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]||402,326||17.57||16||+5
|-
|align=left colspan=2|[[Flemish National Union]]||177,666||7.76||8||+3
|-
|align=left colspan=2|[[Communist Party of Belgium]]||115,308||5.04||3||–1
|-
|align=left colspan=2|[[Rexism|Rexist Party]]||94,543||4.13||1||–7
|-
|align=left colspan=2|[[Catholic Flemish People's Party]]||62,976||2.75||3||New
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Independents||32,209||1.41||0||–
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes||199,033||–||–||–
|-
|align=left colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''2,488,863'''||'''100'''||'''101'''||'''0'''
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout||2,667,341||93.31||–||–
|-
|align=left colspan=6|Source: [http://www.ibzdgip.fgov.be/result/nl/result_ko.php?date=1939-04-02&vt=SE&ko_type=KO_RK&ko=263 Belgian elections]
|}


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1939 elections in Europe]]
[[Category:1939 elections in Europe|Belgium]]
[[Category:Elections in Belgium]]
[[Category:1930s elections in Belgium]]
[[Category:1939 in Belgium]]
[[Category:1939 in Belgium|General]]
[[Category:April 1939 events|Belgium]]
[[Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results]]

Revision as of 13:39, 20 June 2024

1939 Belgian general election
Belgium
← 1936 2 April 1939 1946 →
Chamber of Representatives
All 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PC–KVV Hubert Pierlot 32.71 73 +12
Labour Paul-Henri Spaak 30.19 64 −6
Liberal Émile Coulonvaux 17.19 33 +10
VNV Staf De Clercq 8.28 17 +1
PVDA-PTB Collective leadership 5.36 9 0
Rexist Léon Degrelle 4.44 4 −17
Technocrat Leo Frenssen 1 New
Veterans 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Senate
All 101 seats in the Senate
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Catholic Hubert Pierlot 30.71 35 +1
Labour Paul-Henri Spaak 30.64 35 −4
Liberal Émile Coulonvaux 17.57 16 +5
VNV Staf De Clercq 7.76 8 +3
PVDA-PTB Collective leadership 5.04 3 −1
Rexist Léon Degrelle 4.13 1 −7
KVV Alfons Verbist 2.75 3 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Government before Government after election
Spaak I
National Unity (Lab–Catholic–Lib)		 Pierlot I
Catholic–Lab

General elections were held in Belgium on 2 April 1939.[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 67 of the 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives. Voter turnout was 93.3%.[2]

On 22 February 1939, the Pierlot Government succeeded the Spaak Government. The Spaak Government was in a political crisis caused by, among other things, the Martens Affair. As the Pierlot Government fell as well and the ministers failed to form a stable government, King Leopold III insisted on a dissolution of parliament, but the council of ministers refused due to fear of electoral losses. It was not Prime Minister Pierlot, but the Minister of the Interior who provided the required contresignant of the royal order of 6 March 1939 which dissolved the Chambers and triggered the snap elections.

After the election, Pierlot continued as Prime Minister. The elections were the last before World War II.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Catholic Party764,84332.7167+6
Catholic Flemish People's Party6New
Belgian Labour Party705,96930.1964–6
Liberal Party401,99117.1933+10
Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond193,5288.2817+1
Communist Party of Belgium125,4285.3690
Rexist Party103,8214.444–17
Heimattreue Front7,7330.330New
Technocrat Party35,1241.501New
Veterans1New
Walloon Party0New
Socialist dissidents00
Liberal dissidents0New
Revolutionary Socialist Action00
Lahaut List0New
Liste De Keyser (Tchno)0New
Walloon Dissident Party0New
Verbist0New
Independents00
Total2,338,437100.002020
Valid votes2,338,43793.96
Invalid/blank votes150,4426.04
Total votes2,488,879100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,667,34193.31
Source: Mackie & Rose, Belgian Elections

Senate

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Catholic Party703,25030.7135+1
Belgian Labour Party701,55230.6435–4
Liberal Party402,32617.5716+5
Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond177,6667.768+3
Communist Party of Belgium115,3085.043–1
Rexist Party94,5434.131–7
Catholic Flemish People's Party62,9762.753New
Independents32,2091.4100
Total2,289,830100.001010
Valid votes2,289,83092.00
Invalid/blank votes199,0338.00
Total votes2,488,863100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,667,34193.31
Source: Belgian Elections

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p290
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