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Belgium 1900 federal election

What was the result of the 1900 federal election in Belgium?

Catholic Party won 86 of 152 seats with 48.5% of the vote. 90.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Catholic Party won 86 of 152 seats with 48.5% of the vote; 90.6% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Catholic Party 86 48.5%
  • Liberal Party 31 22.7%
  • Belgian Labour Party 32 22.5%
  • Christene Volkspartij 1 2.5%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
  • Catholic Party86
  • Belgian Labour Party32
  • Liberal Party31
  • Other parties (seats only)2
  • Christene Volkspartij1
77 of 152 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 48.5%

    Share of the vote won by Catholic Party

    Catholic Party won 86 of 152 seats. A majority needs 77.

  2. 90.6%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Catholic Party8648.5993,945
Liberal Party3122.7464,959
Belgian Labour Party3222.5461,295
Christene Volkspartij12.552,093
Other parties (seats only)2
Votes by party
  • Catholic Party 993,945
  • Liberal Party 464,959
  • Belgian Labour Party 461,295
  • Christene Volkspartij 52,093
  • Other parties (seats only)

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.

How many people voted?

90.6% of the 7,343,466 registered voters cast a ballot (6,650,796 ballots). 6,194,371 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Catholic Party48.5% of votes56.6% of seats
  • Belgian Labour Party22.5% of votes21.1% of seats
  • Liberal Party22.7% of votes20.4% of seats
  • Christene Volkspartij2.5% of votes0.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.0 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Catholic Party led Liberal Party by 25.8 points of the vote.

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