Country: | Belgium |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1906 Belgian general election |
Previous Year: | 1906 |
Next Election: | 1910 Belgian general election |
Next Year: | 1910 |
Seats For Election: | 81 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 43 of 80 seats in the Senate |
Election Date: | 24 May 1908 |
Image1: | Frans_Schollaert.jpg |
Leader1: | Frans Schollaert |
Party1: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
Seats1: | 37 |
Popular Vote1: | 517,679 |
Percentage1: | 43.11% |
Party2: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
Seats2: | 15 |
Popular Vote2: | 331,981 |
Percentage2: | 27.64% |
Image4: | 3x4.svg |
Leader4: | Georges Maes |
Party4: | Belgian Labour Party |
Seats4: | 19 |
Popular Vote4: | 271,870 |
Percentage4: | 22.64% |
Leader5: | N/A |
Party5: | Liberal–Socialist |
Seats5: | 3 |
Popular Vote5: | 40,068 |
Percentage5: | 3.34% |
Color5: | 800080 |
Government | |
Posttitle: | Government after election |
Before Election: | Schollaert |
Before Party: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
After Election: | Schollaert |
After Party: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 24 May 1908.[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 37 of the 82 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.[2] The François Schollaert government remained in office.
Under the alternating system, elections were only held in four out of the nine provinces: Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders.
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