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Belgium 1965 federal election

What was the result of the 1965 federal election in Belgium?

Christian Social Party won 77 of 212 seats with 34.5% of the vote. 91.6% 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 : Christian Social Party won 77 of 212 seats with 34.5% of the vote; 91.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.8 points on 1961.

  • Christian Social Party 77 −19 seats 34.5% −7.0 points
  • Belgian Socialist Party 64 −20 seats 28.3% −8.4 points
  • Liberal Party 48 +28 seats 21.6% +9.3 points
  • People's Union 12 +7 seats 6.7% +3.2 points
  • Communist Party of Belgium 6 +1 seat 4.6% +1.5 points
  • Francophone Democratic Front 3 1.3%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Belgium 1961 federal election, party by party.

107 of 212 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 34.5%

    Share of the vote won by Christian Social Party

    Christian Social Party won 77 of 212 seats. A majority needs 107.

  2. +28 seats

    Seats gained by Liberal Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1961. Belgian Socialist Party lost 20 seats.

  3. 91.6%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.8 points on 1961.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Social Party77−1934.5−7.01,785,211
Belgian Socialist Party64−2028.3−8.41,465,503
Liberal Party48+2821.6+9.31,119,991
People's Union12+76.7+3.2346,860
Communist Party of Belgium6+14.6+1.5236,721
Francophone Democratic Front31.368,966
Largest party without seats000.8+0.241,674
Unnamed party with one seat2+1

± is the change against the Belgium 1961 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Christian Social Party 1,785,211
  • Belgian Socialist Party 1,465,503
  • Liberal Party 1,119,991
  • People's Union 346,860
  • Communist Party of Belgium 236,721
  • Francophone Democratic Front 68,966
  • Largest party without seats 41,674
  • Unnamed party with one seat

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.

How many people voted?

91.6% of the 6,091,534 registered voters cast a ballot (5,578,876 ballots), down 0.8 points on 1961. 5,181,935 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1946 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Christian Social Party34.5% of votes36.3% of seats
  • Belgian Socialist Party28.3% of votes30.2% of seats
  • Liberal Party21.6% of votes22.6% of seats
  • People's Union6.7% of votes5.7% of seats
  • Communist Party of Belgium4.6% of votes2.8% of seats
  • Francophone Democratic Front1.3% of votes1.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 2.6 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.0 by votes and 3.6 by seats; Christian Social Party led Belgian Socialist Party by 6.2 points of the vote.

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