General elections were held in Belgium on 26 March 1961.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 The result was a victory for the Christian Social Party, which won 96 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 47 of the 106 seats in the Senate.Nohlen & Stöver, pp309-311 Voter turnout was 92.3%.Nohlen & Stöver, p291 Elections for the nine provincial councils were also held.
Prior to the elections, the centre-right government of the Christian Social and Liberal Party led by Gaston Eyskens pushed through austerity measures with a law known as the Eenheidswet or Loi Unique, despite heavy strikes in the preceding weeks, especially in Wallonia. After the elections, the Christian Democrats formed a new government with the Socialist Party instead of the Liberal Party, with Théo Lefèvre as Prime Minister.
Results Chamber of Deputies
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