1968 Belgian General Election
The unitary parties break31 March 1968 · The Belgian compromise · 212 seats
The linguistic crisis would trigger the split of the dominant Christian Social Party into a Flemish and French-speaking party. The two other main parties would follow suit.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
Christian Social Party
69 of 212 seats
Turnout
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The result
Christian Social Party
Gaston Eyskens · 31.8% of votes · +8 seats
69
seats
Belgian Socialist Party
Léo Collard · 27.1% of votes · +5 seats
59
seats
Party for Freedom and Progress
Omer Vanaudenhove · 20.9% of votes · +1 seats
47
seats
People's Union
9.8% of votes · +8 seats
20
seats
VU
Frans Van der Elst · 9.8% of votes · +8 seats
20
seats
Democratic Front of the Francophones
3.0% of votes · +3 seats
6
seats
FDF
Albert Peeters · 2.9% of votes · +3 seats
6
seats
Walloon Rally
2.9% of votes
6
seats
RW
2.9% of votes
6
seats
Communist Party of Belgium
3.3% of votes · +1 seats
5
seats