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General elections were held in Belgium on 17 February 1946.^[1] The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 92 of the 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 51 of the 101 seats in the Senate.^[2] Voter turnout was 90.3%.^[3]

Results [edit]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Christian Social Party	1,006,293	42.5	92	+19
Belgian Socialist Party	746,738	31.6	69	+5
Communist Party of Belgium	300,099	12.7	23	+14
Liberal Party	211,143	8.9	17	–16
Catholic Dissidents	51,095	2.2	1	+1
Liberal-Socialist Kartels	37,844	1.6	0	0
Other parties	12,426	0.5	0	–21
Invalid/blank votes	94,891	–	–	–
Total	2,460,529	100	202	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Christian Social Party	999,264	42.7	51	+16
Belgian Socialist Party	729,943	31.2	34	–1
Communist Party of Belgium	300,655	12.9	11	+8
Liberal Party	214,837	9.2	4	–12
Catholic Dissidents	48,441	2.1	0	0
Liberal-Socialist Kartels	33,732	1.4	1	+1
Other parties	11,383	0.5	0	–12
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	2,338,255	100	101	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp309-311
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p290

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