1929 Belgian general election

1929 Belgian general election
26 May 1929
All 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
All 93 seats in the Senate
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Henri Jaspar Joseph Van Roosbroeck Albert Devèze
Party Catholic Labour Liberal
Leader since Candidate for PM 1918 1927
Last election 78 seats, 37.42% 78 seats, 39.48% 23 seats, 14.65%
Seats won 71 70 28
Seat change 7 8 5
Popular vote 788,914 803,347 369,114
Percentage 35.38% 36.02% 16.55%
Swing 2.04% 3.46% 1.90%
Government before election

Jaspar II
Catholic–Liberal

 Government after election

Jaspar II
Catholic–Liberal

General elections were held in Belgium on 26 May 1929. The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 71 of the 187 seats in the Chamber of Representatives. Voter turnout was 94.0%.

The incumbent Catholic-Liberal government led by Henri Jaspar continued after the election.

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