Belgian general election, 1971
General elections were held in Belgium on 7 November 1971.[1] The result was a victory for the Christian People's Party , which won 40 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 34 of the 106 seats in the Senate . Voter turnout was 91.5%.[2] Elections to the nine provincial councils were also held.
The linguistic issues led to the splitting of the major parties into separate Flemish and Francophone parties. Consequently the election returned a very fragmented parliament.
The election followed the first state reform , with the creation of three cultural communities. The newly elected members of parliament would thus also serve in the newly established cultural councils.
Results
Chamber of Representatives
Party Votes % Seats +/– Belgian Socialist Party 1,335,730 25.29 57 –2 Christian People's Party 967,701 18.32 40 New Party for Freedom and Progress 865,655 16.39 34 –13 People's Union 586,917 11.11 21 +1 Christian Social Party 327,393 6.20 15 New Walloon Rally 306,606 5.81 12 +6 PSC –CVP 292,101 5.53 12 −57 FDF –Walloon Rally 286,639 5.43 12 New Communist Party 161,517 3.06 5 0 Red Lions 104,040 1.97 4 +4 Independent Liberal Party 21,919 0.42 0 New Independent Christians 7,801 0.15 0 New Liberal Flemish People's Party 2,740 0.05 0 New Trotskyists 2,660 0.05 0 0 Kaganovemus 2,580 0.05 0 New Van Meerhage 2,004 0.04 0 New Z Kleur 1,547 0.03 0 0 Democratic and Progressive Union 1,534 0.03 0 New Francophone Party 1,471 0.03 0 New New Party 899 0.02 0 New U Verbruik 640 0.01 0 New Dieferenbes 633 0.01 0 0 De Keyzer 565 0.01 0 New R D Wal 339 0.01 0 New Total 5,281,631 100.00 212 0 Valid votes 5,281,631 91.99 Invalid/blank votes 459,637 8.01 Total votes 5,741,268 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 6,271,240 91.55 Source: Belgian Elections
Senate
Party Votes % Seats +/– CVP –PSC 1,547,853 29.70 34 +5 Belgian Socialist Party 1,326,242 25.45 24 –9 Party for Freedom and Progress 776,514 14.90 15 −7 FDF –Walloon Rally 598,768 11.49 6 +1 People's Union 592,509 11.37 12 +3 Communist Party of Belgium 106,799 2.05 1 −1 BSP –Red Lions 97,371 1.87 0 New Liberal Democrat and Pluralist Party 81,133 1.56 2 New Democratic and Progressive Union 61,616 1.18 0 New Independent Liberal Party 15,138 0.29 0 New Kaganovemus 3,800 0.07 0 0 Liberal Flemish People's Party 3,159 0.06 0 New Valentyn 513 0.01 0 New Total 5,211,415 100.00 94 0 Valid votes 5,211,415 92.62 Invalid/blank votes 415,246 7.38 Total votes 5,626,661 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 6,271,240 89.72 Source: Belgian Elections
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