1954 Belgian general election

1954 Belgian general election
11 April 1954
212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jean Van Houtte Achille Van Acker Henri Liebaert
Party Christian Social Socialist Liberal
Leader since Candidate for PM Candidate for PM 1953
Last election 108 seats, 47.68% 73 seats, 34.51% 20 seats, 11.25%
Seats won 95 82 24
Seat change 13 9 4
Popular vote 2,123,408 1,927,015 626,983
Percentage 41.15% 37.34% 12.15%
Swing 6.53% 2.83% 0.90%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader N/A Edgard Lalmand Walter Couvreur
Party LSK Communist CVV
Leader since N/A 1943 1954
Last election 4 seats, 1.77% 7 seats, 4.75% New
Seats won 5 4 1
Seat change 1 3 New
Popular vote 108,175 184,108 113,632
Percentage 2.10% 3.57% 2.20%
Swing 0.33% 1.18% New
Chamber seat distribution by constituency
Government before election

van Houtte
Christian Social

 Government after election

van Acker IV
BSP/PSB-Lib

General elections were held in Belgium on 11 April 1954. The dominant Christian Social Party won 95 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 49 of the 106 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 93.2%. Elections for the nine provincial councils were also held.

The outgoing Catholic government led by Jean Van Houtte lost their majority in parliament. The two other main parties, the Socialist and Liberal Party, subsequently formed a rare "purple" government with Achille Van Acker as Prime Minister. Both parties had an anti-clerical agenda and aimed to reverse policies of the Catholic government regarding private schools. This would become known as the Second School War.

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