1904 Belgian general election
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 .
The main issue in the election was "the hostility of the Liberals to the growth of clerical influence, particularly in educational and political affairs."[3]
Results
Chamber
Party Votes % Seats Won Catholic Party 486,643 43.53 38 Belgian Labour Party 297,847 26.64 19 Liberal Party 283,411 25.35 22 Catholic Dissidents17,391 1.56 1 Christene Volkspartij 20,761 1.86 1 Socialist dissidents5,449 0.49 0 Agricultural Federation 3,254 0.29 0 Independents 3,184 0.28 0 Total 1,117,940 100.00 81 Source: Belgian Elections
Senate
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
^ Garner, J. W. (1904). "Record of Political Events". Political Science Quarterly . 19 (4): 746. doi :10.2307/2140340. ISSN 0032-3195.