Country: | Belgium |
Previous Election: | 1919 |
Next Election: | 1925 |
Seats For Election: | 186 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 93 seats in the Senate |
Election Date: | 20 November 1921 |
Heading1: | Chamber of Representatives |
Party1: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
Percentage1: | 37.01 |
Seats1: | 78 |
Last Election1: | 70 |
Party2: | Belgian Labour Party |
Percentage2: | 34.81 |
Seats2: | 68 |
Last Election2: | 70 |
Party3: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
Percentage3: | 17.80 |
Seats3: | 33 |
Last Election3: | 34 |
Party4: | Catholic dissidents |
Percentage4: | 3.35 |
Seats4: | 2 |
Last Election4: | 3 |
Party5: | Frontpartij |
Percentage5: | 3.04 |
Seats5: | 4 |
Last Election5: | 5 |
Party6: | Combatants |
Percentage6: | 1.07 |
Seats6: | 1 |
Last Election6: | 2 |
Color6: |
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Heading7: | Senate |
Party7: | Belgian Labour Party |
Percentage7: | 35.48 |
Seats7: | 33 |
Last Election7: | 20 |
Party8: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
Percentage8: | 32.57 |
Seats8: | 34 |
Last Election8: | 43 |
Party9: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
Percentage9: | 19.44 |
Seats9: | 18 |
Last Election9: | 30 |
Percentage10: | 4.99 |
Seats10: | 5 |
Last Election10: | new |
Color10: |
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Party11: | Christene Volkspartij |
Percentage11: | 2.79 |
Seats11: | 2 |
Last Election11: | new |
Party12: | Frontpartij |
Percentage12: | 1.60 |
Seats12: | 0 |
Last Election12: | new |
Party13: | Christian Workers' Alliance |
Percentage13: | 0.89 |
Seats13: | 1 |
Last Election13: | new |
Government | |
Posttitle: | Government after election |
Before Election: | Carton de Wiart |
Before Party: | National Unity (Catholic-Lab-Lib) |
After Election: | Theunis I |
After Party: | Catholic-Liberal |
General elections were held in Belgium on 20 November 1921.[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 70 of the 186 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.[2] Voter turnout was 91.1% in the Chamber election and 91.0% in the Senate election.[3]
Elections to the nine provincial councils were held one week later, on 27 November 1921.
A Catholic–Liberal government led by Georges Theunis was formed following the elections.
A constitutional change eased the requirements to be a candidate for the Senate. As a compensation, the number of senators elected by provincial councils was increased from 27 to 40 and a new type of senators was introduced: 20 co-opted senators. This gives a total of 153 senators.
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 | 5 | |||
3 | 4 | |||
4 | ||||
Elected by the provincial council | 3 | |||
5 | 4 | |||
3 | ||||
12 | 6 | |||
4 | 4 | |||
4 | ||||
Elected by the provincial council | 5 | |||
4 | 2 | |||
5 | 3 | |||
5 | 4 | |||
3 | ||||
5 | 2 | |||
Elected by the provincial council | 4 | |||
7 | 3 | |||
26 | 13 | |||
4 | 2 | |||
Elected by the provincial council | 7 | |||
6 | 3 | |||
11 | 7 | |||
3 | ||||
7 | 5 | |||
4 | ||||
Elected by the provincial council | 6 | |||
4 | 2 | |||
13 | 7 | |||
5 | 2 | |||
Elected by the provincial council | 4 | |||
3 | 3 | |||
3 | ||||
Elected by the provincial council | 3 | |||
5 | 5 | |||
4 | ||||
Elected by the provincial council | 3 | |||
Total | 186 | 93 + 40 |
Additionally, 20 senators were co-opted.