| Election Name: | 1968 Belgian general election |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1965 Belgian general election |
| Previous Year: | 1965 |
| Next Election: | 1971 Belgian general election |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
| Seats For Election: | 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives |
| Election Date: | 31 March 1968 |
| Leader1: | Gaston Eyskens |
| Leader Since1: | Candidate for PM |
| Party1: | Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct) |
| Last Election1: | 77 seats, 34.45% |
| Seats1: | 69 |
| Seat Change1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,643,785 |
| Percentage1: | 31.75% |
| Swing1: | 2.65% |
| Leader2: | Léo Collard |
| Leader Since2: | 1959 |
| Party2: | Belgian Socialist Party |
| Last Election2: | 64 seats, 28.28% |
| Seats2: | 59 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,403,107 |
| Percentage2: | 27.10% |
| Swing2: | 1.18% |
| Leader3: | Omer Vanaudenhove |
| Leader Since3: | 1961 |
| Colour3: | 0073CF |
| Party3: | Freedom and Progress |
| Last Election3: | 48 seats, 21.61% |
| Seats3: | 47 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,080,894 |
| Percentage3: | 20.87% |
| Swing3: | 0.74% |
| Leader4: | Frans Van der Elst |
| Leader Since4: | 1955 |
| Party4: | VU |
| Last Election4: | 12 seats, 6.69% |
| Seats4: | 20 |
| Seat Change4: | 8 |
| Popular Vote4: | 506,697 |
| Percentage4: | 9.79% |
| Swing4: | 3.10% |
| Color4: | FFFF00 |
| Leader5: | Albert Peeters |
| Leader Since5: | 1967 |
| Party5: | FDF |
| Last Election5: | 3 seats, 1.33% |
| Seats5: | 6 |
| Seat Change5: | 3 |
| Popular Vote5: | 154,023 |
| Percentage5: | 2.92% |
| Swing5: | 1.59% |
| Party6: | RW |
| Last Election6: | New |
| Seats6: | 6 |
| Seat Change6: | New |
| Popular Vote6: | 151,421 |
| Percentage6: | 2.92% |
| Swing6: | New |
| Color6: | FFFF00 |
| Government | |
| Posttitle: | Government after election |
| Before Election: | Vanden Boeynants I |
| Before Party: | CVP/PSC-PVV/PLP |
| After Election: | G. Eyskens V |
| After Party: | CVP/PSC-BSP/PSB |
| Map Size: | 390px |
General elections were held in Belgium on 31 March 1968.[1] The Christian Social Party remained the largest party.[2] Voter turnout was 90.0%.[3] Elections for the nine provincial councils were also held.
The snap elections were called after the government, a coalition of the Christian Social Party and the liberal Party for Freedom and Progress led by Christian Democrat Paul Vanden Boeynants, fell due to the Leuven Crisis.
The linguistic crisis would trigger the split of the dominant Christian Social Party into a Flemish and French-speaking party. The two other main parties would follow suit. The crisis also caused the rise of small linguistic, federalist parties, such as the People's Union on the Flemish side and the Democratic Front of the Francophones and Walloon Rally on the French-speaking side.