Country: | Belgium |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1902 Belgian general election |
Previous Year: | 1902 |
Next Election: | 1906 Belgian general election |
Next Year: | 1906 |
Seats For Election: | 81 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 43 of 87 seats in the Senate |
Election Date: | 29 May 1904 |
Image1: | Paul_de_Smet_de_Naeyer.jpg |
Leader1: | Paul de Smet de Naeyer |
Party1: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
Seats1: | 38 |
Popular Vote1: | 486,643 |
Percentage1: | 43.53% |
Party2: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
Seats2: | 22 |
Popular Vote2: | 283,411 |
Percentage2: | 25.35% |
Image3: | 3x4.svg |
Leader3: | Georges Maes |
Party3: | Belgian Labour Party |
Seats3: | 19 |
Popular Vote3: | 297,847 |
Percentage3: | 26.64% |
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 29 May 1904.[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 38 of the 81 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.[2]
Under the alternating system, Chamber elections were only held in the provinces of Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders and Senate elections were only held in the remaining five provinces, being Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.
The main issue in the election was "the hostility of the Liberals to the growth of clerical influence, particularly in educational and political affairs."[3]
. Elections in Europe: A data handbook . Nohlen . Dieter . Dieter Nohlen . Stöver . Philip . 31 May 2010 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft . 289 . 978-3-8329-5609-7.