1904 Belgian general election

1904 Belgian general election
	29 May 1904
	29 May 1904
81 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives; 43 of 87 seats in the Senate
Government before election; de Smet de Naeyer II; Catholic	Elected Government ; de Smet de Naeyer II; Catholic

Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 29 May 1904.[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 38 of the 81 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.[2]

Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in the provinces of Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders and Senate elections were only held in the remaining five provinces, being Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.

Results

Chamber

Party	Votes	%	Seats won	Total seats	+/-
Catholic Party	486,643	43.53	38	92	-1
Belgian Labour Party	297,847	26.64	19	29	-3
Liberal Party	283,411	25.35	22	42	+9
Catholic Dissidents	17,391	1.56	1	1	+1
Christian Democratic Party	11,281	1.01	0	1	-1
Christene Volkspartij	9,480	0.85	1	1	New
Other parties	11,887	1.06	0	0	0
Radical Party	-	-	0	0	-2
Invalid/blank votes	0	-	–	-	-
Total	1,117,940	100	81	166	+4
Source: Belgian Elections

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats won	Total seats
Catholic Party	511,745	55.45	25	37
Liberal Party	352,028	38.21	16	39
Belgian Labour Party	37,570	4.08	1	5
National Independents	19,991	2.17	1	1
Radical Party	-	-	0	4
Social Radical Party	-	-	0	1
Invalid/blank votes	0	-	–	-
Total	921,334	100	43	87
Source: Belgian Elections

References

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

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[NS-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

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