1908 Belgian general election

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 24 May 1908.^[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 37 of the 82 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.^[2] The François Schollaert government remained in office.

1908 Belgian general election

← 1906 24 May 1908 1910 →
81 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 43 of 80 seats in the Senate
First party Second party   Leader Frans Schollaert Party Catholic Liberal Seats won 37 15 Popular vote 517,679 331,981 Percentage 43.11% 27.64%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Georges Maes N/A Party Labour Liberal–Socialist Seats won 19 3 Popular vote 271,870 40,068 Percentage 22.64% 3.34%
Government before election Schollaert Catholic Government after election Schollaert Catholic

Under the alternating system, elections were only held in four out of the nine provinces: Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders.

Results

Chamber

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				Won
	Catholic Party	517,679	43.10	37
	Liberal Party	331,981	27.64	21
	Belgian Labour Party	271,870	22.64	19
	Liberal–Socialist kartels	40,068	3.34	3
	Christene Volkspartij	25,167	2.10	1
	Catholic dissidents	6,879	0.57	0
	Merchants	1,094	0.09	0
	Socialist dissidents	913	0.08	0
	Other parties	2,534	0.21	0
	Independents	2,821	0.23	0
Total		1,201,006	100.00	81
Valid votes		1,201,006	96.88
Invalid/blank votes		38,725	3.12
Total votes		1,239,731	100.00
Source: Belgian Elections

Senate

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Catholic Party	492,211	46.48	21
	Liberal Party	308,282	29.11	11
	Belgian Labour Party	258,445	24.41	8
Total		1,058,938	100.00	40
Valid votes		1,058,938	95.20
Invalid/blank votes		53,360	4.80
Total votes		1,112,298	100.00
Source: Belgian Elections

References

1. Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p308