| Country: | Belgium |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 1914 |
| Next Election: | 1921 |
| Seats For Election: | All 186 seats in the Chamber of Representatives All 93 seats in the Senate |
| Election Date: | 16 November 1919 |
| First Election: | yes |
| Heading1: | Chamber of Representatives |
| Party1: | Belgian Labour Party |
| Leader1: | Joseph Van Roosbroeck |
| Seats1: | 70 |
| Percentage1: | 36.62 |
| Party2: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
| Leader2: | Léon Delacroix |
| Seats2: | 70 |
| Percentage2: | 35.19 |
| Party3: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
| Leader3: | François Prosper Hanrez |
| Seats3: | 34 |
| Percentage3: | 17.65 |
| Party4: | Frontpartij |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Percentage4: | 3.45 |
| Party5: | Catholic dissidents |
| Seats5: | 3 |
| Percentage5: | 2.05 |
| Party6: | Middle Class Party (Belgium) |
| Seats6: | 1 |
| Percentage6: | 1.13 |
| Party7: | Combatants |
| Party7 Link: | no |
| Seats7: | 2 |
| Percentage7: | 1.08 |
| Color7: |
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| Party8: | National Renaissance |
| Party8 Link: | no |
| Seats8: | 1 |
| Percentage8: | 1.05 |
| Color8: |
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| Heading9: | Senate |
| Party9: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
| Leader9: | Léon Delacroix |
| Seats9: | 43 |
| Percentage9: | 43.30 |
| Party10: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
| Leader10: | François Prosper Hanrez |
| Seats10: | 30 |
| Percentage10: | 30.98 |
| Party11: | Belgian Labour Party |
| Leader11: | Joseph Van Roosbroeck |
| Seats11: | 20 |
| Percentage11: | 24.53 |
| Government | |
| Posttitle: | Government after election |
| Before Election: | Delacroix I |
| Before Party: | National Unity (Catholic-Lab-Lib) |
| After Election: | Delacroix II |
| After Party: | National Unity (Catholic-Lab-Lib) |
General elections were held in Belgium on 16 November 1919.[1] Although the Belgian Labour Party received the most votes in the Chamber of Representatives elections, the Catholic Party remained the largest party in both the Chamber and the Senate.[2] Voter turnout was 88.5% in the Chamber elections.[3]
They were the first elections after the First World War, and the first with universal single-vote suffrage (for men), a change that was sought by and benefited the Belgian Labour Party. The voting age was also lowered from 25 to 21, and the system of proportional representation was modified to use apparentment (combining votes of different arrondissements within a province).
The distribution of seats among the electoral districts was as follows:[4] [5]
| Province | Arrondissement(s) | Chamber | Senate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 5 | |||
| 4 | ||||
| Elected by the provincial council | 3 | |||
| 3 | 4 | |||
| 4 | ||||
| Elected by the provincial council | 2 | |||
| 5 | 4 | |||
| 3 | ||||
| 12 | 6 | |||
| 4 | 4 | |||
| 4 | ||||
| Elected by the provincial council | 4 | |||
| 4 | 2 | |||
| 5 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 4 | |||
| 3 | ||||
| 5 | 2 | |||
| Elected by the provincial council | 3 | |||
| 7 | 3 | |||
| 26 | 13 | |||
| 4 | 2 | |||
| Elected by the provincial council | 4 | |||
| 6 | 3 | |||
| 11 | 7 | |||
| 3 | ||||
| 7 | 5 | |||
| 4 | ||||
| Elected by the provincial council | 4 | |||
| 4 | 2 | |||
| 13 | 7 | |||
| 5 | 2 | |||
| Elected by the provincial council | 3 | |||
| 3 | 3 | |||
| 3 | ||||
| Elected by the provincial council | 2 | |||
| 5 | 5 | |||
| 4 | ||||
| Elected by the provincial council | 2 | |||
| Total | 186 | 93 + 27 | ||