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Belgium 1939 federal election

What was the result of the 1939 federal election in Belgium?

Catholic Party won 67 of 202 seats with 30.4% of the vote. 79.0% 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 67 of 202 seats with 30.4% of the vote; 79.0% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Catholic Party 67 30.4%
  • Belgian Labour Party 64 29.4%
  • Liberal Party 33 17.2%
  • Front Party / Flemish National Union 17 8.4%
  • Communist Party of Belgium 9 4.7%
  • Rexist Party 4 4.3%
  • Catholic Flemish People's Party 6 3.2%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
  • Catholic Party67
  • Belgian Labour Party64
  • Liberal Party33
  • Front Party / Flemish National Union17
  • Communist Party of Belgium9
  • Catholic Flemish People's Party6
  • Rexist Party4
  • Other parties (seats only)1
  • Unnamed party with one seat1
102 of 202 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 30.4%

    Share of the vote won by Catholic Party

    Catholic Party won 67 of 202 seats. A majority needs 102.

  2. 79.0%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Catholic Party6730.4594,133
Belgian Labour Party6429.4575,775
Liberal Party3317.2335,966
Front Party / Flemish National Union178.4164,253
Communist Party of Belgium94.790,856
Rexist Party44.383,047
Catholic Flemish People's Party63.262,548
Unnamed party with one seat10.610,843
Other parties (seats only)10.510,630
Largest party without seats00.48,057
Votes by party
  • Catholic Party 594,133
  • Belgian Labour Party 575,775
  • Liberal Party 335,966
  • Front Party / Flemish National Union 164,253
  • Communist Party of Belgium 90,856
  • Rexist Party 83,047
  • Catholic Flemish People's Party 62,548
  • Unnamed party with one seat 10,843
  • Other parties (seats only) 10,630
  • Largest party without seats 8,057

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?

79.0% of the 2,667,341 registered voters cast a ballot (2,107,156 ballots). 1,955,814 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Catholic Party30.4% of votes33.2% of seats
  • Belgian Labour Party29.4% of votes31.7% of seats
  • Liberal Party17.2% of votes16.3% of seats
  • Front Party / Flemish National Union8.4% of votes8.4% of seats
  • Communist Party of Belgium4.7% of votes4.5% of seats
  • Catholic Flemish People's Party3.2% of votes3.0% of seats
  • Rexist Party4.3% of votes2.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.1 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.5 by votes and 4.0 by seats; Catholic Party led Belgian Labour Party by 0.9 points of the vote.

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