1939 Belgian general election

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

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Catholic Party	594,133	30.38	67	+6
Belgian Labour Party	575,775	29.44	64	–6
Liberal Party	335,966	17.18	33	+10
Flemish National Union	164,253	8.40	17	+1
Communist Party of Belgium	90,856	4.65	9	0
Rexist Party	83,047	4.25	4	–17
Catholic Flemish People's Party	62,548	3.20	6	New
Technocrat Party	10,843	0.55	1	New
Anc. Combat./Oudstrijder	10,630	0.54	1	New
Heimattreue Front	8,057	0.41	0	New
Walloon Party	7,370	0.38	0	New
Afgescheurde Socialists	5,136	0.26	0	New
Afgescheurde Liberals	4,228	0.22	0	New
Action Soc. Rév. - Rev	2,119	0.11	0	New
Lahaut List	367	0.02	0	New
Liste De Keyser (Tchno)	343	0.02	0	New
Walloon Dissident Party	317	0.02	0	New
Verbist	195	0.01	0	New
Independents	91	0.00	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	151,342	–	–	–
Total	2,107,156	100	202	0
Registered voters/turnout	2,667,341	79.00	–	–
Source: Belgian Elections

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Catholic Party	703,250	30.71	35	+1
Belgian Labour Party	701,552	30.64	35	–4
Liberal Party	402,326	17.6	16	+5
Flemish National Union	177,666	7.8	8	+3
Communist Party of Belgium	115,308	5.0	3	–1
Rexist Party	94,543	4.1	1	–7
Catholic Flemish People's Party	62,976	2.6	3	New
Independents	32,209	1.4	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	199,033	–	–	–
Total	2,488,863	100	101	0
Registered voters/turnout	2,667,341	93.31	–	–
Source: Belgian elections