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
| Share of the Chamber of Representatives | |||||||
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| Christian Social Party | Gaston Eyskens | 69 | +8 | 1,643,785 | 31.8% | -2.6 | |
| Belgian Socialist Party | Léo Collard | 59 | +5 | 1,403,107 | 27.1% | -1.2 | |
| Party for Freedom and Progress | Omer Vanaudenhove | 47 | +1 | 1,080,894 | 20.9% | -0.7 | |
| People's Union | — | 20 | +8 | 506,697 | 9.8% | — | |
| VU | Frans Van der Elst | 20 | +8 | 506,697 | 9.8% | +3.1 | |
| Democratic Front of the Francophones | — | 6 | +3 | 154,023 | 3.0% | — | |
| FDF | Albert Peeters | 6 | +3 | 154,023 | 2.9% | +1.6 | |
| Walloon Rally | — | 6 | — | 151,421 | 2.9% | — | |
| RW | — | 6 | — | 151,421 | 2.9% | — | |
| Communist Party of Belgium | — | 5 | +1 | 170,625 | 3.3% | — |