Election Name: | 1925 Belgian general election |
Country: | Belgium |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1921 Belgian general election |
Previous Year: | 1921 |
Next Election: | 1929 Belgian general election |
Next Year: | 1929 |
Seats For Election: | 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 93 seats in the Senate |
Election Date: | 5 April 1925 |
Leader1: | Joseph Van Roosbroeck |
Leader Since1: | 1918 |
Party1: | Belgian Labour Party |
Last Election1: | 68 seats, 34.81% |
Seats1: | 78 |
Seat Change1: | 10 |
Popular Vote1: | 821,116 |
Percentage1: | 39.48% |
Swing1: | 4.47% |
Leader2: | Aloys Van de Vyvere |
Leader Since2: | Candidate for PM |
Party2: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
Last Election2: | 70 seats, 34.02% |
Seats2: | 78 |
Seat Change2: | 8 |
Popular Vote2: | 778,366 |
Percentage2: | 37.42% |
Swing2: | 3.40% |
Leader3: | Édouard Pecher |
Leader Since3: | 1924 |
Party3: | Liberal Party (Belgium) |
Last Election3: | 33 seats, 17.80% |
Seats3: | 23 |
Seat Change3: | 10 |
Popular Vote3: | 304,757 |
Percentage3: | 14.65% |
Swing3: | 3.15% |
Government | |
Posttitle: | Government after election |
Before Election: | Theunis I |
Before Party: | Catholic-Liberal |
After Election: | Van de Vyvere |
After Party: | Catholic Party (Belgium) |
General elections were held in Belgium on 5 April 1925.[1] The result was a victory for the Belgian Labour Party, which won 78 of the 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.[2] Voter turnout was 92.8% in the Chamber election and 92.7% in the Senate election.[3]
An extra seat in the Chamber of Representatives was assigned to the arrondissement of Verviers, after the annexation of Eupen-Malmedy.
Following the elections, Aloys Van de Vyvere formed a Catholic minority government. After he failed to receive the confidence of the other parties in parliament, a Catholic-Labour government was formed led by Prosper Poullet.