Parliamentary election in Belgium 1974
The early election to the Belgian parliament in 1974 was held on March 10, 1974. The 212 members of the Chamber of Deputies and the 106 directly elected out of 185 members of the Senate stood for election .
prehistory
After the general election in 1971 made Gaston Eyskens again a three-party government consisting of Flemish ( CVP ) and Walloon Christian Democrats ( PSC ) and the Socialists BSP PSB . After Eyskens' resignation due to the dispute over the status of Fourons , a new five-party government was formed in January 1972 by the Walloon socialist Edmond Leburton , which included Christian Democrats and Socialists as well as the Flemish Liberals ( PVV ) and Walloon Liberals ( PLP ) . In contrast to its predecessor, this government had a two-thirds majority in the Chamber and Senate, which is necessary for a constitutional amendment.
In October 1973 the government was reorganized. It continued to rely on Christian Democrats, Socialists and Liberals, instead of the previous 22 ministers and 14 state secretaries, the Leburton II government now only had 22 ministers and six state secretaries. Prime Minister Leburton resigned after a few months in January 1974. After the failure of the formation of a new government, early elections were scheduled for March 10, 1974. The reason for the resignation was the Ibramco affair, the failed attempt by the Belgian government to build a refinery together with the Iranian state oil company NIOC in the province of Liège near the Dutch border.
Chamber (lower house)
Results
Nine parties won seats in the Chamber of Deputies .
In the 1970s, the Belgian parties increasingly divided into a Flemish-speaking and a Walloon-speaking party based on linguistic criteria. Things got particularly complicated in the province of Brabant , which comprised both Flemish and French-speaking arrondissements and bilingual Brussels.
The Socialists - although still an all-Belgian party - competed in 1971 in the Flemish provinces as the BSP and in the French-speaking provinces as the PSB. In Brabant they ran as Rode Leeuwen (Red Lions) in the Flemish arrondissements and as PSB (BRUX) in the French-speaking arrondissements. Both lists ran for candidates in bilingual Brussels. In the 1974 election, with the exception of Brabant, a national list of BSP / PSB ran. In 1974 in Brabant the BSP Rode Leeuwen ran in the Flemish arrondissements and the PSB in the French-speaking arrondissements. Both lists ran for candidates in bilingual Brussels. Although the lists together rose 4.2%, the socialists lost nine seats.
The Christian Democrats ran for the CVP in the Flemish provinces and the PSC in the Walloon provinces. In 1971, a joint CVP / PSC list was established in Brabant. 1974 ran in Brabant in the Flemish-speaking arrondissements and Brussels the CVP and in the French-speaking arrondissements and Brussels the PSC on separate lists. The Christian Democrats improved by 2.3% and five seats.
For the Liberals, the PVV started in 1971 in the Flemish provinces and the PLP in the Walloon provinces. In Brabant, a joint list of PVV / PLP in the French-speaking arrondissements was running in Brussels and the Flemish-speaking arrondissements, and the PLP (BRUX) was running in Brussels. In 1974 a joint PVV / PLP list entered the country; only in Brussels did the PLP also stand on a separate list. The Liberals lost 0.8% and four seats.
The Flemish Volksunie was able to gain one seat despite a slight loss of votes.
The francophone FDF started in 1971 together with the RW in Brussels and French-speaking Brabant. 1974 a joint list of FDF and PLDP ran in Brussels. With slight gains in votes, she improved by two seats. The Rassemblement Wallone (RW), which is only running in Wallonia, lost one seat with a minor loss of votes.
The communists entered Flanders in 1971 as CP or PCB. In Wallonia they ran for PC. In 1974 they ran nationwide as KPB / PCB. they lost a third of the vote and 3 out of five seats. The UDP-DN ran for election in only a few constituencies in the province of Namur and won two seats.
The official final result:
| Eligible voters | 6,323,027 | ||||
| votes cast | 5,711,639 | 90.33% | |||
| valid votes | 5,258,531 | 92.07% | |||
| be right | proportion of | ± to 1971 | Seats | ± to 1971 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSB / BSP | 1,401,725 | 26.66% | +26.66% | 59 | +59 |
| CVP | 1,222,646 | 23.25% | + 4.93% | 50 | +10 |
| PVV / PLP | 798.818 | 15.19% | + 13.15% | 30th | +26 |
| VU | 536.287 | 10.2% | −0.91% | 22nd | +1 |
| PSC | 478.209 | 9.09% | + 2.89% | 22nd | +7 |
| FDF -PLDP | 301,303 | 5.73% | + 5.73% | 14th | +14 |
| RW | 269,455 | 5.12% | −0.69% | 11 | −1 |
| PSB | 164,592 | 3.13% | −7.27% | 0 | −25 |
| KPB / PCB | 107,481 | 2.04% | + 2.04% | 2 | +2 |
| PLP | 20,886 | 0.40% | −4.82% | 0 | −11 |
| UDP DN | 3,623 | 0.07% | +0.07% | 2 | +2 |
| Pc | - | - | −1.74% | - | −4 |
| FDF - RW | - | - | −5.43% | - | −12 |
| KP | - | - | −1.28% | - | −1 |
| PLP (BRUX) | - | - | −1.71% | - | −3 |
| PSC / CVP | - | - | −5.53% | - | −12 |
| PSB (BRUX) | - | - | −3.08% | - | −7 |
| RL | - | - | −1.97% | - | −4 |
| PVV | - | - | −7.42% | - | −16 |
| E.G | - | - | −11.80% | - | −25 |
Remarks
| E.G | Belgian Socialist Party | 1971 | In the provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, East and West Flanders |
| BSP / PSB | Belgian Socialist Partij / Parti socialiste belge |
1974 | In all provinces except Brabant |
| CVP | Christelijke People's Party | 1971 | In the provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, East and West Flanders |
| 1974 | In the provinces of Antwerp, Brabant, Limburg, East and West Flanders | ||
| FDF-PLDP | Front Démocratique des Francophones - Parti Libéral Démocrate et Pluiraliste |
1974 | In the province of Brabant |
| FDF-RW | Front Démocratique des Francophones - Rassemblement wallon |
1971 | In the province of Brabant |
| KP | Communist Party | 1971 | in the provinces of Antwerp, Brabant, Limburg, East and West Flanders |
| KPB / PCB | Communist Partij van België / Parti Communiste de Belgique |
1974 | In the provinces of Antwerp, Brabant, Limburg, Liège, East and West Flanders |
| Pc | Parti Communiste | 1974 | in the provinces of Hainaut and Liège |
| PLP | Parti pour la Liberté et le Progrès | 1971 | In the provinces of Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg and Namur |
| 1974 | In the province of Brabant | ||
| PLP (BRUX) | Parti pour la Liberté et le Progrès (Bruxelles) | 1971 | In the province of Brabant |
| PSB | Parti socialiste belge | 1971 | In the provinces of Hainaut, Liège and Namur |
| 1974 | In the province of Brabant | ||
| PSB (BRUX) | Parti Socialiste Belge (Bruxelles) | 1971 | In the province of Brabant |
| PSC | Parti Social-Chrétien | 1971 | In the provinces of Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg and Namur |
| 1974 | In the provinces of Brabant, Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg and Namur | ||
| PSC / CVP | Parti Social-Chrétien / Christelijke Volkspartij | 1971 | In the province of Brabant |
| PVV | Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang | 1971 | In the provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, East and West Flanders |
| PVV / PLP | Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang / Parti pour la Liberté et le Progrès |
1971 | In the province of Brabant |
| 1974 | In all provinces | ||
| RL | Rode Leeuwen | 1971 | in the provinces of Brabant and West Flanders |
| RW | Wallon rassemblement | 1971 1974 |
In the provinces of Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg and Namur |
| UDP DN | Union démocratique et progressiste - Démocratie Nouvelle | 1974 | In the province of Namur |
| VU | Volksunie | 1971 1974 |
In the provinces of Antwerp, Brabant, Limburg, East and West Flanders |
Senate (upper house)
In addition to the chamber deputies, 106 out of 185 senators were directly elected.
Results
A total of eight parties were elected to the Senate .
As in the Chamber, it is difficult in the Senate to compare the election results with the 1974 results.
The Socialists (1971: BSP and PSB; 1974 BSP / PSB and BSP Rode Leeuwen) lost a Senate seat. The Christian Democrats (1971: PSC / CVP; 1974 CVP and PSC) gained three seats. The Liberals lost a mandate. The Flemish Volkunie lost two seats, the francophone FDF (1971: FDF-RW and PLDP; 1974 FDF-PLDP) gained one seat, and the communists were able to defend their mandate.
The official final result:
| Eligible voters | 6,323,027 | ||||
| votes cast | 5,711,729 | 90.33% | |||
| valid votes | 5,184,715 | 90.77% | |||
| be right | proportion of | ± to 1971 | Seats | ± to 1971 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSP / PSB | 1,301,722 | 25.11% | + 25.11% | 27 | +27 |
| CVP | 1,219,811 | 23.53% | + 23.53% | 27 | +27 |
| PVV / PLP | 755.694 | 14.58% | −0.32% | 16 | +1 |
| FDFRW-PLDP | 589,553 | 11.37% | + 11.37% | 13 | +13 |
| VU | 545.215 | 10.52% | −0.85% | 10 | −2 |
| PSC | 430,512 | 8.3% | + 8.3% | 10 | +10 |
| KPB / PCB | 115.007 | 2.22% | + 0.17% | 1 | ± 0 |
| BSPRL | 82,959 | 1.60% | −0.27% | 2 | +2 |
| PSC / CVP | - | - | −29.70% | - | −34 |
| E.G | - | - | −11.82% | - | −6 |
| PLDP | - | - | −1.56% | - | −2 |
| FDF - RW | - | - | −11.49% | - | −6 |
| PSB | - | - | −13.63% | - | −16 |
Remarks
| E.G | Belgian Socialist Party | 1971 | In the provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, East and West Flanders |
| BSP / PSB | Belgian Socialist Partij / Parti Socialiste Belge |
1974 | In all provinces |
| BSPRL | Belgian Socialist Party Rode Leeuwen | 1971 1974 |
In the province of Brabant |
| CVP | Christelijke People's Party | 1974 | In the provinces of Antwerp, Brabant, Limburg, East and West Flanders |
| FDF-RW | Front Démocratique des Francophones - Rassemblement Wallon | 1971 | In the provinces of Brabant; Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg and Namur |
| FDFRW-PLDP | Front Démocratique des Francophones Rassemblement Wallon - Parti Libéral Démocrate et Pluraliste |
1974 | In the provinces of Brabant; Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg and Namur |
| KPB / PCB | Communist Partij van België - Parti communiste de Belgique |
1971 1974 |
In the provinces of Antwerp, Brabant, Limburg, Liège, East and West Flanders |
| PLDP | Parti Libéral, Démocrate et Pluraliste | 1971 | In the province of Brabant |
| PSB | Parti Socialiste Belge | 1971 | In the provinces of Brabant, Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg and Namur |
| PSC | Parti Social-Chrétien | 1974 | In the provinces of Brabant, Hainaut, Liège, Luxembourg and Namur |
| PSC / CVP | Parti Social-Chrétien / Christelijke Volkspartij | 1971 | In all provinces |
| PVV / PLP | Partij voor Vrijheid en Vooruitgang / Parti pour la Liberté et le Progrès |
1971 1974 |
In all provinces |
| VU | Volksunie | 1971 1974 |
In the provinces of Antwerp, Brabant, Limburg, East and West Flanders |
Comment on the Senate election 1971
The information about the seats is obviously incorrect in the source used. The sum of the Seants seats is 92 instead of 106. If you look at the results for the individual provinces or arrondissements on fgov.be, there are also missing seats.
Two sources do not break down the individual lists in such detail, but agree in the results and have a total of 106 Senate seats.
| Political party | Seats |
|---|---|
| CVP / PSC | 34 |
| BSP / PSB | 30th |
| PVV / PRL | 17th |
| VU | 12 |
| FDF-RW | 12 |
| KPb / PCB | 1 |
Government formation
On April 25, Prime Minister Leo Tindemans (CVP) formed a minority government made up of Flemish (CVP) and Walloon (PSC) Christian Democrats and Flemish (PVV) and Walloon (PLP) liberals. The government held 102 of the 212 parliamentary seats. A few weeks later on June 12, 1974, the Rassemblement Wallone (RW) entered government. The Tindemans II government now had a majority in the Chamber of Deputies with 113 seats.
literature
- Les élections législatives du 10 mars 1974 . In: Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP . tape 12 , no. 638 , 1974, ISSN 0008-9664 , pp. 1–36 , doi : 10.3917 / cris.638.0001 (French, cairn.info ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Patrick Dumont, Lieven De Winter, Régis Dandoy: Démissions gouvernementales et performances électorales des majorités sortantes (1946-1999) . In: Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP . tape 17 , no. 1722 , 2001, ISSN 0008-9664 , p. 27 , doi : 10.3917 / cris.1722.0005 (French, cairn.info ).
- ↑ a b Composition et organization des gouvernements (1972-1974) . In: CRISP (ed.): Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP . tape 22 , no. 648 , 1974, ISSN 0008-9664 , pp. 8–12 , doi : 10.3917 / cris.648.0001 (French, cairn.info ).
- ^ Étienne Arcq, Pierre Blaise, Xavier Mabille: Coalition gouvernementale et fronts communs . In: Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP . tape 18 , no. 1123 , 1986, ISSN 0008-9664 , pp. 8th f ., doi : 10.3917 / cris.1123.0001 (French, cairn.info ).
- ↑ L'entreprise publique en Belgique . In: CRISP (ed.): Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP . tape 4 , no. 630 , 1974, ISSN 0008-9664 , pp. 21-29 , doi : 10.3917 / cris.630.0001 (French, cairn.info ).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the BSP ran in the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PSB ran for the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the Rode Leeuwen ran for the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PSB (BRUX) ran in the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the BSP / PSB ran in the 1974 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the BSP Rode Leeuwen ran in the 1974 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PSB ran in the 1974 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the CVP ran in the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PSC ran in the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PSC / CVP ran in the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the CVP ran in the 1974 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PSC ran in the 1974 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PVV ran in the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PLP ran in the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PVV / PLP ran in the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PLP (BRUX) ran in the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PVV / PLP ran in the 1974 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PLP ran in the 1974 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the FDF-RW ran in the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the FDF-PLDP ran in the 1974 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the Communist Party ran in the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PCB ran in the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the PC ran in the 1971 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Constituencies in which the KPB / PCB ran for the 1974 chamber elections. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Résultat Election Chambre 03-10-1974 Royaume. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Résultat Election Senate 03-10-1974 Royaume. Belgian Federal Government, accessed December 15, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen , Philip Stöver (Ed.): Elections in Europe. A data handbook . Nomos, Baden-Baden 2010, ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7 , p. 311 (English).
- ↑ Les élections législatives du 7 novembre 1971 (II) . In: CRISP (ed.): Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP . tape 40 , no. 545 , 1971, ISSN 0008-9664 , pp. 17 , doi : 10.3917 / cris.545.0001 (French, cairn.info ).
- ↑ Le gouvernement Tindemans (1974-1977): évolution de sa composition et de son assise parlementaire . In: CRISP (ed.): Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP . tape 8 , no. 754 , 1977, ISSN 0008-9664 , pp. 5-9 f ., doi : 10.3917 / cris.754.0001 (French, cairn.info ).