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General elections were held in Belgium on 23 May 1965.^[1] The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 77 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 44 of the 106 seats in the Senate.^[2] Voter turnout was 91.6%.^[3]

Results[edit]

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Christian Social Party	1,785,211	34.5	77	–19
Belgian Socialist Party	1,465,503	28.3	64	–20
Party for Freedom and Progress	1,119,991	21.6	48	+28
People's Union	346,860	6.7	12	+7
Communist Party of Belgium	236,721	4.6	6	+1
Democratic Front of the Francophones	74,675	1.4	3	New
Walloon Rally	24,245	0.5	2	New
Other parties	128,560	2.5	0	–2
Invalid/blank votes	396,912	–	–	–
Total	5,578,678	100	212	0
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Christian Social Party	1,785,189	34.9	44	–3
Belgian Socialist Party	1,449,492	28.3	31	–14
Party for Freedom and Progress	1,111,894	21.7	23	+12
People's Union	316,523	6.2	4	+2
Communist Party of Belgium	261,341	5.1	3	+2
Democratic Front of the Francophones	192,593	3.8	1	New
Other parties	192,593	3.8	0	0
Invalid/blank votes	461,577	–	–	–
Total	5,578,609	100	106	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, p291

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