Country: | Belgium |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1904 Belgian general election |
Previous Year: | 1904 |
Next Election: | 1908 Belgian general election |
Next Year: | 1908 |
Seats For Election: | 83 of the 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives |
Election Date: | 27 May 1906 |
Image1: | Paul_de_Smet_de_Naeyer.jpg |
Leader1: | Paul de Smet de Naeyer |
Party1: | Catholic Party |
Seats1: | 41 |
Popular Vote1: | 526,856 |
Percentage1: | 44.92% |
Leader2: | Paul Hymans |
Party2: | Liberal Party |
Seats2: | 15 |
Popular Vote2: | 207,341 |
Percentage2: | 17.68% |
Image3: | Émile Vandervelde (1866–1938) 1927 © Georg Fayer (1892–1950) OeNB 10449449.jpg |
Leader3: | Émile Vandervelde |
Party3: | Belgian Labour Party |
Seats3: | 6 |
Popular Vote3: | 72,224 |
Percentage3: | 22.64% |
Image4: | Janson Paul 070518.jpg |
Leader4: | Paul Janson |
Party4: | Liberal–Socialist Cartel |
Seats4: | 12 |
Popular Vote4: | 224,357 |
Percentage4: | 19.13% |
Color4: | 800080 |
Party5: | Catholic Workers' Party |
Seats5: | 9 |
Popular Vote5: | 109,590 |
Percentage5: | 9.34% |
Government | |
Posttitle: | Government after election |
Before Election: | de Smet de Naeyer II |
Before Party: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
After Election: | de Smet de Naeyer II |
After Party: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
Partial general elections were held in Belgium on 27 May 1906.[1] The Catholic Party won 41 of the 83 seats up for election in the Chamber of Representatives.
Under the alternating system, elections were only held in five out of the nine provinces: Antwerp, Brabant, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders.
The Catholic Party lost its majority in the Chamber of Representatives for the first time since 1884.
. Elections in Europe: A data handbook . Nohlen . Dieter . Dieter Nohlen . Stöver . Philip . 31 May 2010 . Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft . 289 . 978-3-8329-5609-7.