Country: | Belgium |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1904 Belgian general election |
Previous Year: | 1904 |
Next Election: | 1908 Belgian general election |
Next Year: | 1908 |
Seats For Election: | 85 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives |
Election Date: | 27 May 1906 |
Image1: | Paul_de_Smet_de_Naeyer.jpg |
Leader1: | Paul de Smet de Naeyer |
Party1: | Catholic Party |
Seats1: | 41 |
Popular Vote1: | 526,856 |
Percentage1: | 44.92% |
Leader2: | Paul Hymans |
Party2: | Liberal Party |
Seats2: | 15 |
Popular Vote2: | 207,341 |
Percentage2: | 17.68% |
Image3: | Émile Vandervelde (1866–1938) 1927 © Georg Fayer (1892–1950) OeNB 10449449.jpg |
Leader3: | Émile Vandervelde |
Party3: | Belgian Labour Party |
Seats3: | 6 |
Popular Vote3: | 72,224 |
Percentage3: | 22.64% |
Image4: | Janson Paul 070518.jpg |
Leader4: | Paul Janson |
Party4: | Liberal–Socialist Cartel |
Seats4: | 12 |
Popular Vote4: | 224,357 |
Percentage4: | 19.13% |
Color4: | 800080 |
Party5: | Catholic Workers' Party |
Seats5: | 9 |
Popular Vote5: | 109,590 |
Percentage5: | 9.34% |
Government | |
Posttitle: | Government after election |
Before Election: | de Smet de Naeyer II |
Before Party: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
After Election: | de Smet de Naeyer II |
After Party: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 27 May 1906.[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 50 of the 85 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.[2]
Under the alternating system, elections were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.
The Catholic Party lost its majority in the Chamber of Representatives for the first time since 1884.
. Elections in Europe: A data handbook . Nohlen . Dieter . Dieter Nohlen . Stöver . Philip . 31 May 2010 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft . 289 . 978-3-8329-5609-7.