Election Name: | 1977 Belgian general election |
Country: | Belgium |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1974 Belgian general election |
Previous Year: | 1974 |
Next Election: | 1978 Belgian general election |
Next Year: | 1978 |
Seats For Election: | 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives |
Election Date: | 17 April 1977 |
Leader1: | Leo Tindemans |
Leader Since1: | Candidate for PM |
Party1: | Christian People's Party (Belgium) |
Last Election1: | 50 seats, 23.25% |
Seats1: | 56 |
Seat Change1: | 6 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,460,757 |
Percentage1: | 26.20% |
Swing1: | 2.95% |
Leader2: | André Cools |
Leader Since2: | 1973 |
Party2: | Belgian Socialist Party |
Last Election2: | 59 seats, 26.66% |
Seats2: | 34 |
Seat Change2: | 15 |
Popular Vote2: | 602,132 |
Percentage2: | 10.80% |
Swing2: | 15.86% |
Leader3: | Karel Van Miert |
Leader Since3: | 1977 |
Party3: | Belgian Socialist Party |
Last Election3: | 59 seats, 26.66% |
Seats3: | 27 |
Seat Change3: | 22 |
Popular Vote3: | 725,513 |
Percentage3: | 13.01% |
Swing3: | 13.65% |
Image4: | PSC |
Leader4: | Georges Gramme |
Leader Since4: | 1976 |
Party4: | Christian Social Party (Wallonia) |
Last Election4: | 22 seats, 9.09% |
Seats4: | 24 |
Seat Change4: | 2 |
Popular Vote4: | 406,694 |
Percentage4: | 7.29% |
Swing4: | 1.80% |
Image5: | VU |
Leader5: | Hugo Schiltz |
Leader Since5: | 1975 |
Party5: | VU |
Last Election5: | 22 seats, 10.20% |
Seats5: | 20 |
Seat Change5: | 2 |
Popular Vote5: | 559,567 |
Percentage5: | 10.04% |
Swing5: | 0.16% |
Color5: | FFFF00 |
Image6: | PVV |
Leader6: | Frans Grootjans |
Leader Since6: | 1973 |
Party6: | Party for Freedom and Progress (Flanders) |
Last Election6: | 30 seats, 15.19% |
Seats6: | 17 |
Seat Change6: | 13 |
Popular Vote6: | 475,917 |
Percentage6: | 8.54% |
Swing6: | 6.65% |
Government | |
Posttitle: | Government after election |
Before Election: | Tindemans I |
Before Party: | CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL |
After Election: | Tindemans II |
After Party: | CVP-PSC-BSP/PSB-VU-FDF |
General elections were held in Belgium on 17 April 1977.[1] The result was a victory for the Christian People's Party, which won 56 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 28 of the 106 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 95.1%.[2] Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils and for the Council of the German Cultural Community.