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The [[June 1]], [[1958]] Belgian general elections were the fifth Belgian elections after [[World War II]].
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1958 Belgian general election
| country = Belgium
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1954 Belgian general election
| previous_year = 1954
| next_election = 1961 Belgian general election
| next_year = 1961
| seats_for_election = 212 seats in the [[Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)|Chamber of Representatives]]
| election_date = 1 June 1958


<!-- CVP -->| image1 = [[File:Gaston_Eyskens_(1969).jpg|150x150px]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right"
| nominee1 =
|-
| leader1 = [[Gaston Eyskens]]
! colspan=2 | Party
| leader_since1 = ''Candidate for PM''
! style="width: 5em" | Votes (%)
| party1 = Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)
! style="width: 4em" | Seats (Chambre)
| home_state1 =
! style="width: 4em" | +/-
| leaders_seat1 =
! style="width: 4em" | Seats (Senate)
| running_mate1 =
! style="width: 4em" | +/−
| last_election1 = 95 seats, 41.15%
|-
| seats_needed1 =
| bgcolor="orange" |
| electoral_vote1 =
| style="text-align: left" | [[Christian People's Party (Flanders)|CVP]]/[[Christian People's Party (Wallonia)|PSC]]
| states_carried1 =
| 45,5 %
| 104
| seats1 = 104
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 9
| + 9
| popular_vote1 = 2,465,549
| 53
| percentage1 = 46.50%
| +4
| swing1 = {{increase}} 5.35%
|-
| bgcolor="pink" |
| style="text-align: left" | [[Belgian Socialist Party (Flanders)|BSP]]/[[Belgian Socialist Party (Wallonia)|PSB]]
| 35,8 %
| 80
| -2
| 40
| -2
|-
| bgcolor="blue" |
| style="text-align: left" | [[Liberal Party (Flanders)|LP]]/[[Liberal Party (Wallonia)|PL]]
| 11,0 %
| 20
| -4
| 10
| -1
|-
| bgcolor="yellow" |
| style="text-align: left" | [[People's Union (Belgium)|VU]]
| 1,5 %
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
|-
| bgcolor="red" |
| style="text-align: left" | [[Communist Party of Belgium|KPB/PCB]]
| 1,9 %
| 2
| - 2
| 1
| - 1
|-
| bgcolor="Purple" |
| style="text-align: left" | Cartel of Liberals and Socialists
| 2.1%
| 5
| 0
| 2
|
|-
| bgcolor="white" |
| style="text-align: left" | others
|
| 0
|
| 0
|
|-
| bgcolor="" |
| style="text-align: left" | '''Total'''
| '''100,00 %'''
| '''212'''
|
|
| '''106'''
|}


<!-- BSP -->| image2 = Achiel Van Acker (1958).jpg
| nominee2 =
| leader2 = [[Achille Van Acker]]
| leader_since2 = ''Candidate for PM''
| party2 = Belgian Socialist Party
| home_state2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| running_mate2 =
| last_election2 = 82 seats, 37.34%
| seats_needed2 =
| electoral_vote2 =
| states_carried2 =
| seats2 = 80
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 2
| popular_vote2 = 1,897,646
| percentage2 = 35.79%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 1.55%


<!-- PL -->| image3 = [[File:No_image.png|100x100px]]
{{Belgian elections}}
| nominee3 =
| leader3 = [[Maurice Destenay]]
| leader_since3 = 1954
| party3 = Liberal Party (Belgium)
| home_state3 =
| leaders_seat3 =
| running_mate3 =
| last_election3 = 24 seats, 12.15%
| seats_needed3 =
| electoral_vote3 =
| states_carried3 =
| seats3 = 20
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 4
| popular_vote3 = 585,999
| percentage3 = 11.05%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 1.10%


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[[Category:Elections in Belgium|General election, 1958]]
| nominee4 =
[[Category:1958 elections]]
| leader4 = ''N/A''
[[category:1958 in Belgium]]
| leader_since4 = ''N/A''
| party4 = [[Kartel (electoral alliance)|LSK]]
| home_state4 =
| leaders_seat4 =
| running_mate4 =
| last_election4 = 5 seats, 2.10%
| seats_needed4 =
| electoral_vote4 =
| states_carried4 =
| seats4 = 5
| seat_change4 = {{nochange}}
| popular_vote4 = 111,284
| percentage4 = 2.10%
| swing4 = {{nochange}}
| color4 = 800080

<!-- KPB -->| image5 = [[File:No_image.png|100x100px]]
| leader5 = [[Ernest Burnelle]]
| leader_since5 = 1954
| party5 = [[Communist Party of Belgium|Communist]]
| home_state5 =
| leaders_seat5 =
| running_mate5 =
| last_election5 = 4 seats, 3.57%
| seats_needed5 =
| electoral_vote5 =
| states_carried5 =
| seats5 = 2
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 2
| popular_vote5 = 100,145
| percentage5 = 1.89%
| swing5 = {{decrease}} 1.68%
| color5 = <!-- VU -->
| image6 = [[File:No_image.png|100x100px]]
| nominee6 =
| leader6 = Frans Van der Elst
| leader_since6 = 1955
| party6 = [[People's Union (Belgium)|VU]]
| home_state6 =
| leaders_seat6 =
| running_mate6 =
| last_election6 = ''New''
| seats_needed6 =
| electoral_vote6 =
| states_carried6 =
| seats6 = 1
| seat_change6 = ''New''
| popular_vote6 = 104,823
| percentage6 = 1.98%
| swing6 = ''New''
| color6 = FFFF00
| map_image = 1958 Belgian legislative election results map.svg
| map_size =
| map_caption = Chamber seat distribution by constituency
| title = [[Cabinet of Belgium|Government]]
| posttitle = Government after election
| before_election = [[Achille Van Acker|van Acker IV]]
| before_party = [[Belgian Socialist Party|BSP/PSB]]-[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Lib]]
| after_election = [[Gaston Eyskens|G. Eyskens II]]
| after_party = Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)
}}
{{Politics of Belgium}}

General elections were held in [[Belgium]] on 1 June 1958.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p289 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref> The result was a victory for the [[Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)|Christian Social Party]], which won 104 of the 212 seats in the [[Belgian Chamber of Representatives|Chamber of Representatives]] and 53 of the 106 seats in the [[Belgian Senate|Senate]].<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, pp309-311</ref> Voter turnout was 93.6% in the Chamber election and 93.7% in the Senate election.<ref>Nohlen & Stöver, p291</ref> Elections for the nine [[Provinces of Belgium|provincial]] councils were also held.

The election took place in a political crisis known as the [[Second School War]]. The outgoing [[Anti-clericalism|anti-clerical]] "purple" government of the Socialist and Liberal Party, led by [[Achille Van Acker]], reversed policies of the previous Catholic-led government regarding private schools. The Van Acker government lost the election, leading again to a Catholic government led by [[Gaston Eyskens]]. That government, which was a few seats short of a majority in the Chamber, would be the last single-party government in Belgian history. Later in 1958, the School War was ended by a cross-party agreement and the Liberal Party joined the government.

==Results==
===Chamber of Deputies===
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Belgian Chamber 1958.svg]]
|party1=[[Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1945)|Christian Social Party]]|votes1=2465549|seats1=104|sc1=+9
|party2=[[Belgian Socialist Party]]|votes2=1897646|seats2=80|sc2=–2
|party3=[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]|votes3=585999|seats3=20|sc3=–4
|party4=Liberal–Socialist Kartels|votes4=111284|seats4=5|sc4=0
|party5=[[People's Union (Belgium)|People's Union]]|votes5=104823|seats5=1|sc5=New
|party6=[[Communist Party of Belgium]]|votes6=100145|seats6=2|sc6=–2
|party7=Other parties|votes7=36907|seats7=0|sc7=–
|invalid=272774
|total_sc=0
|electorate=5954858
|source=Nohlen & Stöver
}}

===Senate===
{{Election results
|image=[[File:Belgium Senate 1958.svg]]
|party1=[[Christian Social Party (Belgium, 1945)|Christian Social Party]]|votes1=2478153|seats1=53|sc1=+4
|party2=[[Belgian Socialist Party]]|votes2=1886242|seats2=40|sc2=–2
|party3=[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]|votes3=574230|seats3=10|sc3=–1
|party4=Liberal–Socialist Kartels|votes4=111299|seats4=2|sc4=0
|party5=[[Communist Party of Belgium]]|votes5=100788|seats5=1|sc5=–1
|party6=[[People's Union (Belgium)|People's Union]]|votes6=84364|seats6=0|sc6=0
|party7=Democratic Party|votes7=23953|vspan7=2|seats7=0|sc7=–
|party8=Independents|seats8=0
|invalid=320096
|total_sc=0
|electorate=5954858
|source=Nohlen & Stöver, Belgian Elections<ref>https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/senat/1958/k%C3%B6nigreich/162339</ref>
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Belgian elections}}


[[Category:1958 elections in Belgium|General election]]
[[ca:Eleccions legislatives belgues de 1958]]
[[Category:June 1958 events in Europe|Belgian general election]]

Latest revision as of 13:08, 3 December 2024

1958 Belgian general election
← 1954 1 June 1958 1961 →
212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gaston Eyskens Achille Van Acker Maurice Destenay
Party Christian Social Socialist Liberal
Leader since Candidate for PM Candidate for PM 1954
Last election 95 seats, 41.15% 82 seats, 37.34% 24 seats, 12.15%
Seats won 104 80 20
Seat change Increase 9 Decrease 2 Decrease 4
Popular vote 2,465,549 1,897,646 585,999
Percentage 46.50% 35.79% 11.05%
Swing Increase 5.35% Decrease 1.55% Decrease 1.10%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader N/A Ernest Burnelle Frans Van der Elst
Party LSK Communist VU
Leader since N/A 1954 1955
Last election 5 seats, 2.10% 4 seats, 3.57% New
Seats won 5 2 1
Seat change Steady Decrease 2 New
Popular vote 111,284 100,145 104,823
Percentage 2.10% 1.89% 1.98%
Swing Steady Decrease 1.68% New
Chamber seat distribution by constituency
Government before election

van Acker IV
BSP/PSB-Lib

Government after election

G. Eyskens II
Christian Social

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General elections were held in Belgium on 1 June 1958.[1] The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 104 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 53 of the 106 seats in the Senate.[2] Voter turnout was 93.6% in the Chamber election and 93.7% in the Senate election.[3] Elections for the nine provincial councils were also held.

The election took place in a political crisis known as the Second School War. The outgoing anti-clerical "purple" government of the Socialist and Liberal Party, led by Achille Van Acker, reversed policies of the previous Catholic-led government regarding private schools. The Van Acker government lost the election, leading again to a Catholic government led by Gaston Eyskens. That government, which was a few seats short of a majority in the Chamber, would be the last single-party government in Belgian history. Later in 1958, the School War was ended by a cross-party agreement and the Liberal Party joined the government.

Results

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Chamber of Deputies

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian Social Party2,465,54946.50104+9
Belgian Socialist Party1,897,64635.7980–2
Liberal Party585,99911.0520–4
Liberal–Socialist Kartels111,2842.1050
People's Union104,8231.981New
Communist Party of Belgium100,1451.892–2
Other parties36,9070.700–
Total5,302,353100.002120
Valid votes5,302,35395.11
Invalid/blank votes272,7744.89
Total votes5,575,127100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,954,85893.62
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian Social Party2,478,15347.1253+4
Belgian Socialist Party1,886,24235.8740–2
Liberal Party574,23010.9210–1
Liberal–Socialist Kartels111,2992.1220
Communist Party of Belgium100,7881.921–1
People's Union84,3641.6000
Democratic Party23,9530.460–
Independents0–
Total5,259,029100.001060
Valid votes5,259,02994.26
Invalid/blank votes320,0965.74
Total votes5,579,125100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,954,85893.69
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Belgian Elections[4]

References

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  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp309-311
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p291
  4. ^ https://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/senat/1958/k%C3%B6nigreich/162339
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