1925 Belgian general election First party Second party Third party Leader Joseph Van Roosbroeck Aloys Van de Vyvere Édouard Pecher Party Labour Catholic Liberal Leader since 1918 Candidate for PM 1924 Last election 68 seats, 34.81% 70 seats, 34.02% 33 seats, 17.80% Seats won 78 78 23 Seat change 10 8 10 Popular vote 821,116 778,366 304,757 Percentage 39.48% 37.42% 14.65% Swing 4.47% 3.40% 3.15%
General elections were held in Belgium on 5 April 1925.[ 1] The result was a victory for the Belgian Labour Party , which won 78 of the 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives .[ 2] Voter turnout was 92.8% in the Chamber election and 92.7% in the Senate election.[ 3]
An extra seat in the Chamber of Representatives was assigned to the arrondissement of Verviers , after the annexation of Eupen-Malmedy .
Following the elections, Aloys Van de Vyvere formed a Catholic minority government. After he failed to receive the confidence of the other parties in parliament, a Catholic-Labour government was formed led by Prosper Poullet .
Chamber of Representatives [ edit ] Party Votes % Seats +/– Belgian Labour Party 821,116 39.46 78 +10 Catholic Party 778,366 37.41 78 0 Liberal Party 304,757 14.65 23 –10 Frontpartij 80,407 3.86 6 +2 Communist Party of Belgium 34,149 1.64 2 +2 Christian Workers' Alliance 19,642 0.94 0 0 Farmers 16,106 0.77 0 – Middle Class Party 9,999 0.48 0 0 Christian Democrats 4,450 0.21 0 – Legionnaires 4,005 0.19 0 – Agricultural Unions 2,966 0.14 0 – Radical Socialists 2,117 0.10 0 – National Legion 919 0.04 0 – Neutral 731 0.04 0 – Walloon National Party 642 0.03 0 – Independents 281 0.01 0 – Total 2,080,653 100.00 187 +1 Registered voters/turnout 2,346,096 – Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Belgian Elections
Party Votes % Seats +/– Belgian Labour Party 828,854 40.87 39 +6 Catholic Party 757,804 37.36 38 +4 Liberal Party 324,823 16.02 13 –5 Catholic dissidents52,286 2.58 3 New Frontpartij 46,417 2.29 0 0 Farmers 5,800 0.29 0 New Middle Class Party 1,965 0.10 0 0 Radical Socialists 1,486 0.07 0 New Catholic National Party 1,332 0.07 0 New Walloon National Party 654 0.03 0 New Independents 6,776 0.33 0 New Total 2,028,197 100.00 93 0 Registered voters/turnout 2,346,096 – Source: Belgian Elections