1977 Belgian General Election
17 April 1977 · The linguistic fracture · 212 seats
General elections were held in Belgium on 17 April 1977. The result was a victory for the Christian People's Party, which won 56 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 28 of the 106 seats in the Senate.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
CVP
56 of 212 seats
Turnout
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The result
| Share of the Chamber of Representatives | |||||||
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| CVP | Leo Tindemans | 56 | +6 | 1,460,757 | 26.2% | +3.0 | |
| Christian People's Party | — | 28 | +1 | 1,446,806 | 26.2% | — | |
| cdH | Georges Gramme | 24 | +2 | 406,694 | 7.3% | -1.8 | |
| VU | Hugo Schiltz | 20 | -2 | 559,567 | 10.0% | -0.2 | |
| Belgian Socialist Party (Wallonia) | Karel Van Miert | 19 | — | 756,401 | 13.7% | -13.7 | |
| Open Vld | Frans Grootjans | 17 | -13 | 475,917 | 8.5% | -6.7 | |
| Belgian Socialist Party (Flanders) | Karel Van Miert | 12 | — | 719,533 | 13.0% | -13.7 | |
| Christian Social Party | — | 11 | +1 | 522,613 | 9.5% | — | |
| People's Union | — | 10 | 0 | 562,894 | 10.2% | — | |
| Party for Freedom and Progress | — | 9 | — | 472,645 | 8.6% | — | |
| Party of Reforms and Freedom of Wallonia | — | 7 | — | 316,292 | 5.7% | — |