1921 Belgian general election

1921 Belgian general election

20 November 1921

Chamber of Representatives

All 186 seats in the Chamber of Representatives

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Catholic Georges Theunis 37.01 78 +8 Labour Joseph Van Roosbroeck 34.81 68 −2 Liberal Albert Mechelynck 17.80 33 −1 Catholic dissidents 3.35 2 −1 Frontpartij 3.04 4 −1 Combatants 1.07 1 −1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

93 of the 153 seats in the Senate

Party Vote % Seats +/– Labour 35.48 33 +13 Catholic 32.57 34 −9 Liberal 19.44 18 −12 United Catholics 4.99 5 New CVP 2.79 2 New Frontpartij 1.60 0 New Christian Workers 0.89 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Government before Government after election Carton de Wiart National Unity (Catholic-Lab-Lib) Theunis I Catholic-Liberal

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General elections were held in Belgium on 20 November 1921.^[1] The Catholic Party, emerged as the largest party, winning 70 of the 186 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.^[2] Voter turnout was 91%.^[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.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Belgian Labour Party	661,168	35.48	33	+13
	Catholic Party	606,799	32.57	34	–9
	Liberal Party	362,187	19.44	18	–12
	United Catholics Party	93,061	4.99	5	New
	Christene Volkspartij	51,928	2.79	2	New
	Frontpartij	29,726	1.60	0	New
	Christian Workers' Alliance	16,588	0.89	1	New
	Combatants	14,246	0.76	0	New
	Democrats	6,907	0.37	0	New
	Nationalist Cartel	5,196	0.28	0	New
	Middle Class Party	4,401	0.24	0	0
	Liberals	3,589	0.19	0	New
	Liberal People's Union	3,506	0.19	0	New
	National Party	2,427	0.13	0	New
	Radical Party	1,603	0.09	0	New
Total		1,863,332	100.00	93	0
Source: Belgian Elections[4]

The distribution of seats among the electoral districts was as follows:^[5][6]

Additionally, 20 senators were co-opted.