| Election Name: | 1961 Belgian general election |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1958 Belgian general election |
| Previous Year: | 1958 |
| Next Election: | 1965 Belgian general election |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
| Seats For Election: | 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives |
| Election Date: | 26 March 1961 |
| Leader1: | Théo Lefèvre |
| Leader Since1: | Candidate for PM |
| Party1: | Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct) |
| Last Election1: | 104 seats, 46.50% |
| Seats1: | 96 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,182,642 |
| Percentage1: | 41.46% |
| Swing1: | 5.04% |
| Leader2: | Léo Collard |
| Leader Since2: | 1959 |
| Party2: | Belgian Socialist Party |
| Last Election2: | 80 seats, 35.79% |
| Seats2: | 84 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,933,424 |
| Percentage2: | 36.72% |
| Swing2: | 0.93% |
| Leader3: | Roger Motz |
| Leader Since3: | 1958 |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
| Last Election3: | 20 seats, 11.05% |
| Seats3: | 20 |
| Popular Vote3: | 649,376 |
| Percentage3: | 12.33% |
| Swing3: | 1.28% |
| Leader4: | Frans Van der Elst |
| Leader Since4: | 1955 |
| Party4: | VU |
| Last Election4: | 1 seat, 1.98% |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 4 |
| Popular Vote4: | 182,407 |
| Percentage4: | 3.46% |
| Swing4: | 1.48% |
| Color4: | FFFF00 |
| Leader5: | Ernest Burnelle |
| Leader Since5: | 1954 |
| Party5: | Communist Party of Belgium |
| Last Election5: | 2 seats, 1.89% |
| Seats5: | 5 |
| Seat Change5: | 3 |
| Popular Vote5: | 162,238 |
| Percentage5: | 3.08% |
| Swing5: | 1.19% |
| Leader6: | Jean-Marie Evrard |
| Leader Since6: | 1959 |
| Party6: | RN |
| Last Election6: | New |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Seat Change6: | New |
| Popular Vote6: | 42,450 |
| Percentage6: | 0.81% |
| Swing6: | New |
| Color6: | 000080 |
| Government | |
| Posttitle: | Government after election |
| Before Election: | G. Eyskens IV |
| Before Party: | CVP/PSC-Lib |
| After Election: | Lefèvre |
| After Party: | CVP/PSC-BSP/PSB |
General elections were held in Belgium on 26 March 1961.[1] The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 96 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 47 of the 106 seats in the Senate.[2] Voter turnout was 92.3%.[3] Elections for the nine provincial councils were also held.
Prior to the elections, the centre-right government of the Christian Social and Liberal Party led by Gaston Eyskens pushed through austerity measures with a law known as the Eenheidswet or Loi Unique, despite heavy strikes in the preceding weeks, especially in Wallonia. After the elections, the Christian Democrats formed a new government with the Socialist Party instead of the Liberal Party, with Théo Lefèvre as Prime Minister.