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{{Election results
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|party4=[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]|votes4=401991|seats4=33|sc4=+10
|party4=[[Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond]]|votes4=164253|seats4=17|sc4=+1
|party5=[[Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond]]|votes5=193528|seats5=17|sc5=+1
|party5=[[Communist Party of Belgium]]|votes5=90856|seats5=9|sc5=0
|party6=[[Communist Party of Belgium]]|votes6=125428|seats6=9|sc6=0
|party6=[[Rexist Party]]|votes6=83047|seats6=4|sc6=–17
|party7=[[Rexist Party]]|votes7=103821|seats7=4|sc7=–17
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|party8=Heimattreue Front|votes8=7733|seats8=0|sc8=New
|party8=[[Technocrat Party]]|votes8=10843|seats8=1|sc8=New|color8=#808080
|party9=[[Technocrat Party]]|votes9=35124|vspan9=11|seats9=1|sc9=New|color9=#808080
|party9=Veterans|votes9=10630|seats9=1|sc9=New|color9=#AAAA00
|party10=Veterans|votes10=|seats10=1|sc10=New|color10=#AAAA00
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|party11=Walloon Party|votes11=7370
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|party12=[[Belgian Labour Party|Socialist]] dissidents|votes12=5136
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|total_sc=0
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|electorate=2667341
|source=Mackie & Rose, [https://verkiezingsresultaten.belgium.be/nl/election-results/kamer-van-volksvertegenwoordigers/1939/rijk/163939 Belgian Elections]
|source=[https://resultatselection.belgium.be/fr/election-results/chambre-des-repr%C3%A9sentants/1939/royaume/163939 Belgian Elections]
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Revision as of 21:13, 1 February 2023

1939 Belgian general election
Belgium
← 1936 2 April 1939 1946 →
All 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
All 101 seats in the Senate
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Chamber of Representatives
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
Senate
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-Labour

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 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 for 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 ones before the Second World War.

Results

Chamber of Representatives

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Catholic Party594,13330.3767+6
Belgian Labour Party575,77529.4364–6
Liberal Party335,96617.1733+10
Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond164,2538.4017+1
Communist Party of Belgium90,8564.6490
Rexist Party83,0474.254–17
Catholic Flemish People's Party62,5483.206New
Technocrat Party10,8430.551New
Veterans10,6300.541New
Heimattreue Front8,0570.41––
Walloon Party7,3700.38––
Socialist dissidents5,1360.26––
Liberal dissidents4,2280.22––
Revolutionary Socialist Action2,1150.11––
Lahaut List3670.02––
Liste De Keyser (Tchno)3430.02––
Walloon Dissident Party3170.02––
Verbist1950.01––
Independents910.00––
Total1,956,270100.002020
Valid votes1,956,27092.82
Invalid/blank votes151,3427.18
Total votes2,107,612100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,667,34179.02
Source: 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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