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General elections were held in Belgium on 4 June 1950.^[1] The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 108 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 54 of the 104 seats in the Senate.^[2] Voter turnout was 92.6%.^[3] This election was the last one in Belgian history were a single party achieved an absolute majority.

1 Results
- 1.1 Chamber of Deputies
- 1.2 Senate
2 References

Results [edit]

Chamber of Deputies [edit]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Christian Social Party	2,356,608	47.7	108	+3
Belgian Socialist Party	1,705,781	34.5	77	+11
Liberal Party	556,102	11.3	20	–9
Communist Party of Belgium	234,541	4.7	7	–5
Liberal-Soclialist Kartels	87,252	1.8	0	0
Other parties	2,523	0.1	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	276,469	–	–	–
Total	5,219,276	100	212	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Senate [edit]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Christian Social Party	2,347,242	47.8	54	0
Belgian Socialist Party	1,691,797	34.4	37	+4
Liberal Party	549,344	11.2	10	–4
Communist Party of Belgium	236,492	4.8	3	–2
Liberal-Socialist Kartels	86,801	1.8	0	0
Other parties	262	0.0	0	0
Invalid/blank votes		–	–	–
Total	4,911,938	100	104	–2
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References [edit]

^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp309-311
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p291

v t e Elections and referendums in Belgium

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Regional elections	1974 1977 1978 1981 1986 1989 1990 1995 1999 2004 2009 2014

Provincial elections	1958 1961 1965 1968 1971 1974 1977 1978 1981 1985 1987 1991 1994 2000 2006 2012

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Referendums	1950

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