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Belgium 1906 federal election

What was the result of the 1906 federal election in Belgium?

Catholic Party won 50 of 85 seats with 54.3% of the vote. 95.4% 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 50 of 85 seats with 54.3% of the vote; 95.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Catholic Party 50 54.3%
  • Cartel of Liberals and Socialists 14 19.1%
  • Liberal Party 15 17.7%
  • Belgian Labour Party 6 6.2%
  • Christene Volkspartij 0 1.0%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
43 of 85 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 54.3%

    Share of the vote won by Catholic Party

    Catholic Party won 50 of 85 seats. A majority needs 43.

  2. 95.4%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Catholic Party5054.3636,446
Cartel of Liberals and Socialists1419.1224,357
Liberal Party1517.7207,341
Belgian Labour Party66.272,224
Christene Volkspartij01.012,524
Votes by party
  • Catholic Party 636,446
  • Cartel of Liberals and Socialists 224,357
  • Liberal Party 207,341
  • Belgian Labour Party 72,224
  • Christene Volkspartij 12,524

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?

95.4% of the 1,259,242 registered voters cast a ballot (1,201,778 ballots). 1,172,828 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Catholic Party54.3% of votes58.8% of seats
  • Liberal Party17.7% of votes17.6% of seats
  • Cartel of Liberals and Socialists19.1% of votes16.5% of seats
  • Belgian Labour Party6.2% of votes7.1% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.7 by votes and 2.4 by seats; Catholic Party led Cartel of Liberals and Socialists by 35.2 points of the vote.

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