| |
|
Belgium 1981 Legislative Election
|
Chamber
|
Senate
|
|
Date of Election
|
November
8, 1981
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Proportional
|
|
Number of
Seats Available
|
181
*
|
| Length
of Legislative Term |
4
years
|
|
|
Number
of Directly Elected Seats
|
Percentage
of Votes
|
| Social
Democratic |
31
|
-
|
 |
Socialist
Party (Walloon) (PS) |
|
18
|
|
-
|
| Belgian
Socialist Party (BSP) |
13
|
-
|
| Christian
Democratic |
30
|
-
|
|
Christian
People's Party (CVP) |
|
22
|
|
-
|
| Social
Christian Party (PSC) |
8
|
-
|
| Liberal |
25
|
-
|
|
Party
of Freedom and Progress (PVV) |
|
14
|
|
-
|
| Party
of Walloon Reform and Liberty (PRLW) |
11
|
-
|
| People's
Union (VU) |
10
|
-
|
| French-speaking
Front / Walloon Rally (FDF/RW) |
4
|
-
|
| Democratic
Union for the Respect of Labor (RAD/UDRT) |
1
|
-
|
| Belgian
Communist Party (PCB/KPB) |
1
|
-
|
| Ecologists |
4
|
-
|
* The upper
house consisted of both directly and indirectly elected members. The number
of directly elected members (106) was equal to half the number of members
of the Chamber of Representatives.
|
Chamber
|
House
of Representatives
|
|
Date of Election
|
November
8, 1981
|
|
Type of Electoral
System
|
Proportional
|
|
Number of
Seats Available
|
212
|
| Length
of Legislative Term |
4
years
|
|
|
Number
of Seats
|
Percentage
of Votes #
|
| Christian
Democratic |
61
|
26.5%
|
|
Christian
People's Party (CVP) |
|
43
|
|
19.3%
|
| Social
Christian Party (PSC) |
18
|
7.2%
|
| Social
Democratic |
61
|
25.1%
|
|
Socialist
Party (Walloon) (PS) |
|
35
|
|
12.7%
|
| Belgian
Socialist Party (PSB/BSP) |
26
|
12.4%
|
| Liberal |
52
|
21.5%
|
|
Party
of Freedom and Progress (PVV) |
|
28
|
|
12.9%
|
| Party
of Walloon Reform and Liberty (PRLW) |
24
|
8.6%
|
| People's
Union (VU) |
20
|
9.8%
|
| French-speaking
Front / Walloon Rally (FDF/RW) |
8
|
2.5%
|
| Democratic
Union for the Respect of Labor (RAD/UDRT) |
3
|
2.7%
|
| Belgian
Communist Party (PCB/KPB) |
2
|
2.3%
|
| Flemish
Bloc (VB) |
1
|
1.1%
|
| Ecologists |
4
|
4.8%
|
Source: Political
Handbook of the World 1984-85, Binghamton, NY: CSA Publications, 1985.
# Source: T. Thomas Mackie
and Richard Rose. The International Almanac of Electoral History. (3rd edition)
Basingstoke: Hampshire Macmillan, 1991.
| Population
Size |
9
852 000
|
| Registered
Voters |
6
878 141
|
|
Total Votes
|
6
504 056
|
|
Vote/Registered
Voter
|
94.6%
|
|
Spoilt Ballots
|
7.4%
|
Source: Voter
Turnout: Belgium. [Internet]. International IDEA. 3 April 2002. |
