1977 Belgian general election

1977 Belgian general election

17 April 1977
212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
First party Second party Third party   300px 300px Leader Leo Tindemans André Cools Karel Van Miert Party CVP Socialist Socialist Leader since Candidate for PM 1973 1977 Last election 50 seats, 23.25% 59 seats, 26.66% 59 seats, 26.66% Seats won 56 34 27 Seat change 6 15 22 Popular vote 1,460,757 602,132 725,513 Percentage 26.20% 10.80% 13.01% Swing 2.95% 15.86% 13.65%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   PSC VU PVV Leader Georges Gramme Hugo Schiltz Frans Grootjans Party PSC VU PVV Leader since 1976 1975 1973 Last election 22 seats, 9.09% 22 seats, 10.20% 30 seats, 15.19% Seats won 24 20 17 Seat change 2 2 13 Popular vote 406,694 559,567 475,917 Percentage 7.29% 10.04% 8.54% Swing 1.80% 0.16% 6.65%
300px Results by constituency for the Chamber of Representatives
Government before election Tindemans I CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL Government after election Tindemans II CVP-PSC-BSP/PSB-VU-FDF

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. Voter turnout was 95.1%. Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils and for the Council of the German Cultural Community.