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Belgium 1912 federal election

What was the result of the 1912 federal election in Belgium?

Catholic Party won 101 of 186 seats with 51.0% 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 101 of 186 seats with 51.0% of the vote; 95.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Catholic Party 101 51.0%
  • Cartel of Liberals and Socialists 0 27.1%
  • Liberal Party 44 11.1%
  • Belgian Labour Party 39 9.3%
  • Christene Volkspartij 2 0.7%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
  • Catholic Party101
  • Liberal Party44
  • Belgian Labour Party39
  • Christene Volkspartij2
94 of 186 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 51.0%

    Share of the vote won by Catholic Party

    Catholic Party won 101 of 186 seats. A majority needs 94.

  2. 95.4%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Catholic Party10151.01,337,315
Cartel of Liberals and Socialists027.1710,459
Liberal Party4411.1290,084
Belgian Labour Party399.3243,338
Christene Volkspartij20.719,317
Votes by party
  • Catholic Party 1,337,315
  • Cartel of Liberals and Socialists 710,459
  • Liberal Party 290,084
  • Belgian Labour Party 243,338
  • Christene Volkspartij 19,317

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 2,814,181 registered voters cast a ballot (2,684,098 ballots). 2,621,771 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Catholic Party51.0% of votes54.3% of seats
  • Liberal Party11.1% of votes23.7% of seats
  • Belgian Labour Party9.3% of votes21.0% of seats
  • Christene Volkspartij0.7% of votes1.1% of seats
  • Cartel of Liberals and Socialists27.1% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 22.8 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.8 by votes and 2.5 by seats; Catholic Party led Cartel of Liberals and Socialists by 23.9 points of the vote.

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