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{{Politics of Belgium}}
The June 1, 1958 Belgian general elections were the fifth Belgian elections after [[World War II]].


'''General elections''' were held in [[Belgium]] on 1 June 1958.<ref>[[Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]] & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p289 ISBN 9873832956097</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>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right"

==Results==
===Chamber of Deputies===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
|-
|align=left|[[Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)|Christian Social Party]]||2,465,549||46.5||104||+9
! colspan=2 | Party
! style="width: 5em" | Votes (%)
! style="width: 4em" | Seats (Chambre)
! style="width: 4em" | +/-
! style="width: 4em" | Seats (Senate)
! style="width: 4em" | +/−
|-
|-
|align=left|[[Belgian Socialist Party]]||1,897,646||35.8||84||–1
| bgcolor="orange" |
| style="text-align: left" | [[Christian People's Party (Flanders)|CVP]]/[[Christian People's Party (Wallonia)|PSC]]
| 45,5 %
| 104
| + 9
| 53
| +4
|-
|-
|align=left|[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]||585,999||11.1||21||–4
| bgcolor="pink" |
| style="text-align: left" | [[Belgian Socialist Party (Flanders)|BSP]]/[[Belgian Socialist Party (Wallonia)|PSB]]
| 35,8 %
| 80
| -2
| 40
| -2
|-
|-
|align=left|Liberal-Soclialist [[Kartel|Cartels]]||111,284||2.1||0||0
| bgcolor="blue" |
| style="text-align: left" | [[Liberal Party (Flanders)|LP]]/[[Liberal Party (Wallonia)|PL]]
| 11,0 %
| 20
| -4
| 10
| -1
|-
|-
|align=left|[[People's Union (Belgium)|People's Union]]||104,823||2.0||1||0
| bgcolor="yellow" |
| style="text-align: left" | [[People's Union (Belgium)|VU]]
| 1,5 %
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
|-
|-
|align=left|[[Communist Party of Belgium]]||100,145||1.9||2||–2
| bgcolor="red" |
| style="text-align: left" | [[Communist Party of Belgium|KPB/PCB]]
| 1,9 %
| 2
| - 2
| 1
| - 1
|-
|-
|align=left|Other parties||272,774||4.9||0||–1
| bgcolor="Purple" |
| style="text-align: left" | Cartel of Liberals and Socialists
| 2.1%
| 5
| 0
| 2
|
|-
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||272,774||–||–||–
| bgcolor="white" |
| style="text-align: left" | others
|
| 0
|
| 0
|
|-
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''5,575,127'''||'''100'''||'''212'''||'''0'''
| bgcolor="" |
|-
| style="text-align: left" | '''Total'''
|align=left colspan=5|Source: Nohlen & Stöver
| '''100,00 %'''
| '''212'''
|
|
| '''106'''
|}
|}

===Senate===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
|align=left|[[Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct)|Christian Social Party]]||2,478,153||47.1||53||+4
|-
|align=left|[[Belgian Socialist Party]]||1,886,242||35.9||40||–2
|-
|align=left|[[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]||574,230||10.9||10||–1
|-
|align=left|Liberal-Soclialist [[Kartel|Cartels]]||111,299||2.1||2||0
|-
|align=left|[[Communist Party of Belgium]]||100,788||1.9||1||–1
|-
|align=left|[[People's Union (Belgium)|People's Union]]||84,364||1.6||0||0
|-
|align=left|Other parties||23,953||0.5||0||0
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||320,096||–||–||–
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''5,579,125'''||'''100'''||'''106'''||'''+2'''
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source: Nohlen & Stöver
|}

==References==
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Revision as of 15:05, 30 October 2011

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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]

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Christian Social Party 2,465,549 46.5 104 +9
Belgian Socialist Party 1,897,646 35.8 84 –1
Liberal Party 585,999 11.1 21 –4
Liberal-Soclialist Cartels 111,284 2.1 0 0
People's Union 104,823 2.0 1 0
Communist Party of Belgium 100,145 1.9 2 –2
Other parties 272,774 4.9 0 –1
Invalid/blank votes 272,774 – – –
Total 5,575,127 100 212 0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Christian Social Party 2,478,153 47.1 53 +4
Belgian Socialist Party 1,886,242 35.9 40 –2
Liberal Party 574,230 10.9 10 –1
Liberal-Soclialist Cartels 111,299 2.1 2 0
Communist Party of Belgium 100,788 1.9 1 –1
People's Union 84,364 1.6 0 0
Other parties 23,953 0.5 0 0
Invalid/blank votes 320,096 – – –
Total 5,579,125 100 106 +2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

  1. ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 9873832956097
  2. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp309-311
  3. ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p291
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