Prior to the elections, the centre-right government of the Christian Social and Liberal Party led by Gaston Eyskens pushed through austerity measures with a law known as the Eenheidswet or Loi Unique, despite heavy strikes in the preceding weeks, especially in Wallonia. After the elections, the Christian Democrats formed a new government with the Socialist Party instead of the Liberal Party, with Théo Lefèvre as Prime Minister.
1961, belgian, general, election, general, elections, were, held, belgium, march, 1961, result, victory, christian, social, party, which, seats, chamber, representatives, seats, senate, voter, turnout, elections, nine, provincial, councils, were, also, held, 1. General elections were held in Belgium on 26 March 1961 1 The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party which won 96 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 47 of the 106 seats in the Senate 2 Voter turnout was 92 3 3 Elections for the nine provincial councils were also held 1961 Belgian general election 1958 26 March 1961 1965 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives First party Second party Third party Leader Theo Lefevre Leo Collard Roger MotzParty Christian Social Socialist LiberalLeader since Candidate for PM 1959 1958Last election 104 seats 46 50 80 seats 35 79 20 seats 11 05 Seats won 96 84 20Seat change 8 4Popular vote 2 182 642 1 933 424 649 376Percentage 41 46 36 72 12 33 Swing 5 04 0 93 1 28 Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Frans Van der Elst Ernest Burnelle Jean Marie EvrardParty VU PVDA PTB RNLeader since 1955 1954 1959Last election 1 seat 1 98 2 seats 1 89 NewSeats won 5 5 1Seat change 4 3 NewPopular vote 182 407 162 238 42 450Percentage 3 46 3 08 0 81 Swing 1 48 1 19 NewChamber seat distribution by constituencyGovernment before electionG Eyskens IVCVP PSC Lib Government after election LefevreCVP PSC BSP PSBPrior to the elections the centre right government of the Christian Social and Liberal Party led by Gaston Eyskens pushed through austerity measures with a law known as the Eenheidswet or Loi Unique despite heavy strikes in the preceding weeks especially in Wallonia After the elections the Christian Democrats formed a new government with the Socialist Party instead of the Liberal Party with Theo Lefevre as Prime Minister Contents 1 Results 1 1 Chamber of Deputies 1 2 Senate 2 ReferencesResults editChamber of Deputies edit nbsp PartyVotes Seats Christian Social Party2 182 64241 4696 8Belgian Socialist Party1 933 42436 7284 4Liberal Party649 37612 33200People s Union182 4073 465 4Communist Party of Belgium162 2383 085 3National Rally42 4500 811NewIndependent Party33 1740 630NewNational Union of Independents12 2520 230NewNational Party4 3750 080NewLiberal dissidents3 9560 080NewWalloon Unity3 4660 070NewAlleenstaande3 1010 060NewZelfstandig2 3070 040NewFrancophone Bloc1 8240 030NewGekavemus6040 010NewIndependent Workers5510 010NewUniversal People4800 010NewEC Group1540 000NewIndependents46 2440 881 1Total5 265 025100 002120Valid votes5 265 02594 46Invalid blank votes308 8155 54Total votes5 573 840100 00Registered voters turnout6 036 16592 34Source Belgian ElectionsSenate edit nbsp PartyVotes Seats Christian Social Party2 200 32342 1247 6Belgian Socialist Party1 924 60536 8445 5Liberal Party637 92212 2111 1Communist Party of Belgium163 5763 1310People s Union159 0963 052 2National Movement26 2110 500NewIndependent Party21 4210 410NewNational Union of Independents13 2840 250NewLiberal dissidents7 7110 150NewNational Rally5 4250 100NewNational Party4 4570 090NewWalloon Unity3 4780 070NewFrancophone Bloc1 9470 040NewOther parties18 4050 350 Independents36 6460 7000Total5 224 507100 001060Valid votes5 224 50793 73Invalid blank votes349 4756 27Total votes5 573 982100 00Registered voters turnout6 036 16592 34Source Nohlen amp Stover Belgian ElectionsReferences edit Dieter Nohlen amp Philip Stover 2010 Elections in Europe A data handbook p289 ISBN 978 3 8329 5609 7 Nohlen amp Stover pp309 311 Nohlen amp Stover p291 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1961 Belgian general election amp oldid 1179678074, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,