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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 13 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1,335,730 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">967,701 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">865,655 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">25.29% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">18.32% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">16.39% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1.81pp </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><i>New</i> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.48pp </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th 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Houben">Robert J. 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Voter turnout was 91.5%.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elections to the nine <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Belgium" title="Provinces of Belgium">provincial</a> councils were also held. </p><p>The linguistic issues led to the splitting of the major parties into separate Flemish and Francophone parties. Consequently the election returned a very fragmented parliament. </p><p>The election followed the first <a href="/wiki/State_reform_in_Belgium" title="State reform in Belgium">state reform</a>, with the creation of three cultural communities. The newly elected members of parliament would thus also serve in the newly established cultural councils. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_Belgian_general_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chamber_of_Representatives">Chamber of Representatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_Belgian_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Chamber of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="6" style="text-align:center;color:var( --color-base, #202122 );background:var( --background-color-neutral, #F8F9FA )"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgian_Chamber_1971.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Belgian_Chamber_1971.svg/360px-Belgian_Chamber_1971.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Belgian_Chamber_1971.svg/540px-Belgian_Chamber_1971.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Belgian_Chamber_1971.svg/720px-Belgian_Chamber_1971.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Socialist_Party" title="Belgian Socialist Party">Belgian Socialist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,335,730</td><td style="text-align:right">25.29</td><td style="text-align:right">57</td><td style="text-align:right">–2</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF6200"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_and_Flemish" title="Christian Democratic and Flemish">Christian People's Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">967,701</td><td style="text-align:right">18.32</td><td style="text-align:right">40</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0073CF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Party_for_Freedom_and_Progress" title="Party for Freedom and Progress">Party for Freedom and Progress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">865,655</td><td style="text-align:right">16.39</td><td style="text-align:right">34</td><td style="text-align:right">–13</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FCBA02"></td><td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Union_(Belgium)" title="People's Union (Belgium)">People's Union</a></td><td style="text-align:right">586,917</td><td style="text-align:right">11.11</td><td style="text-align:right">21</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F4761A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Humanist_Democratic_Centre" title="Humanist Democratic Centre">Christian Social Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">327,393</td><td style="text-align:right">6.20</td><td style="text-align:right">15</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FFFF01"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Walloon_Rally" title="Walloon Rally">Walloon Rally</a></td><td style="text-align:right">306,606</td><td style="text-align:right">5.81</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td><td style="text-align:right">+6</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F4761A"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Humanist_Democratic_Centre" title="Humanist Democratic Centre">PSC</a>–<a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_and_Flemish" title="Christian Democratic and Flemish">CVP</a></td><td style="text-align:right">292,101</td><td style="text-align:right">5.53</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td><td style="text-align:right">−57</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DD0081"></td><td><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">FDF</a>–<a href="/wiki/Walloon_Rally" title="Walloon Rally">Walloon Rally</a></td><td style="text-align:right">286,639</td><td style="text-align:right">5.43</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#8B0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Belgium" title="Communist Party of Belgium">Communist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">161,517</td><td style="text-align:right">3.06</td><td style="text-align:right">5</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DC143C"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Red_Lions_(political_party)" title="Red Lions (political party)">Red Lions</a></td><td style="text-align:right">104,040</td><td style="text-align:right">1.97</td><td style="text-align:right">4</td><td style="text-align:right">+4</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF69B4"></td><td>Independent Liberal Party</td><td style="text-align:right">21,919</td><td style="text-align:right">0.42</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Independent Christians</td><td style="text-align:right">7,801</td><td style="text-align:right">0.15</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Liberal Flemish People's Party</td><td style="text-align:right">2,740</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Trotskyists</td><td style="text-align:right">2,660</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Kaganovemus</td><td style="text-align:right">2,580</td><td style="text-align:right">0.05</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Van Meerhage</td><td style="text-align:right">2,004</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Z Kleur</td><td style="text-align:right">1,547</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DAA520"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Democratic_and_Progressive_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Democratic and Progressive Union (page does not exist)">Democratic and Progressive Union</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,534</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Francophone Party</td><td style="text-align:right">1,471</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>New Party</td><td style="text-align:right">899</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>U Verbruik</td><td style="text-align:right">640</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Dieferenbes</td><td style="text-align:right">633</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>De Keyzer</td><td style="text-align:right">565</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>R D Wal</td><td style="text-align:right">339</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">5,281,631</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">212</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="6" style="color:var( --color-base, #202122 );background:var( --background-color-neutral, #eaecf0 )"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>5,281,631</td><td>91.99</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>459,637</td><td>8.01</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>5,741,268</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>6,271,240</td><td>91.55</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="6" style="text-align:left">Source: Belgian Elections<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Senate">Senate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_Belgian_general_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th><th scope="col">Seats</th><th scope="col">+/–</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF6200"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Christian_Democratic_and_Flemish" title="Christian Democratic and Flemish">CVP</a>–<a href="/wiki/Humanist_Democratic_Centre" title="Humanist Democratic Centre">PSC</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,547,853</td><td style="text-align:right">29.70</td><td style="text-align:right">34</td><td style="text-align:right">+5</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Socialist_Party" title="Belgian Socialist Party">Belgian Socialist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">1,326,242</td><td style="text-align:right">25.45</td><td style="text-align:right">24</td><td style="text-align:right">–9</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0073CF"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Party_for_Freedom_and_Progress" title="Party for Freedom and Progress">Party for Freedom and Progress</a></td><td style="text-align:right">776,514</td><td style="text-align:right">14.90</td><td style="text-align:right">15</td><td style="text-align:right">−7</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DD0081"></td><td><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A9FI" title="DéFI">FDF</a>–<a href="/wiki/Walloon_Rally" title="Walloon Rally">Walloon Rally</a></td><td style="text-align:right">598,768</td><td style="text-align:right">11.49</td><td style="text-align:right">6</td><td style="text-align:right">+1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FCBA02"></td><td><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Union_(Belgium)" title="People's Union (Belgium)">People's Union</a></td><td style="text-align:right">592,509</td><td style="text-align:right">11.37</td><td style="text-align:right">12</td><td style="text-align:right">+3</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#8B0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Belgium" title="Communist Party of Belgium">Communist Party of Belgium</a></td><td style="text-align:right">106,799</td><td style="text-align:right">2.05</td><td style="text-align:right">1</td><td style="text-align:right">−1</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Belgian_Socialist_Party" title="Belgian Socialist Party">BSP</a>–<a href="/wiki/Red_Lions_(political_party)" title="Red Lions (political party)">Red Lions</a></td><td style="text-align:right">97,371</td><td style="text-align:right">1.87</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:lightskyblue"></td><td><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_Lib%C3%A9ral_D%C3%A9mocrate_et_Pluraliste" class="extiw" title="nl:Parti Libéral Démocrate et Pluraliste">Liberal Democrat and Pluralist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">81,133</td><td style="text-align:right">1.56</td><td style="text-align:right">2</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DAA520"></td><td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Democratic_and_Progressive_Union&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Democratic and Progressive Union (page does not exist)">Democratic and Progressive Union</a></td><td style="text-align:right">61,616</td><td style="text-align:right">1.18</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF69B4"></td><td>Independent Liberal Party</td><td style="text-align:right">15,138</td><td style="text-align:right">0.29</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Kaganovemus</td><td style="text-align:right">3,800</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Liberal Flemish People's Party</td><td style="text-align:right">3,159</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Valentyn</td><td style="text-align:right">513</td><td style="text-align:right">0.01</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td><td style="text-align:right">New</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="2">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">5,211,415</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td><td style="text-align:right">94</td><td style="text-align:right">0</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="6" style="color:var( --color-base, #202122 );background:var( --background-color-neutral, #eaecf0 )"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>5,211,415</td><td>92.62</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>415,246</td><td>7.38</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>5,626,661</td><td>100.00</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>6,271,240</td><td>89.72</td><td colspan="2"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="6" style="text-align:left">Source: Belgian Elections<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_Belgian_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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