75 of the 152 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
First party
Second party
Leader
Paul de Smet de Naeyer
Grégoire Serwy
Party
Catholic
Labour
Seats won
36
15
Popular vote
377,275
213,511
Percentage
38.49%
21.78%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
N/A
Party
Liberal
Liberal–Socialist
Seats won
12
8
Popular vote
177,802
91,947
Percentage
18.14%
9.38%
Government before election
de Smet de Naeyer I
Catholic
Government after election
de Smet de Naeyer I
Catholic
Paul de Smet de Naeyer, the re-elected representative for Ghent and incumbent head of government
Partial legislative elections were held in Belgium on 22 May 1898, with run-off elections held on 29 May.[1] Under the alternating system, elections for the Chamber of Representatives were held in only four out of the nine provinces: Hainaut, Limburg, Liège and East Flanders. Thus, only 75 seats out of the 152 seats in the Chamber of Representatives were up for election.
The Catholic Party retained their absolute majority.[2]
Notably, Adolf Daens, who was elected in 1894 for Aalst and served one term, was convinced not to run for re-election. His fight for a social Christian Democratic party was opposed by conservative Catholics, especially fellow Aalst MP Charles Woeste. None of the other "Daensists" (Christene Volkspartij) who ran were elected.
A special election in Bastogne was held on 24 July 1898. Henry Delvaux de Fenffe was elected to replace Emile Van Hoorde, who became a provincial senator.
They were the last regular legislative elections under a majority system; the next elections in 1900 saw the introduction of a proportional system.
The newly elected legislature met in regular session on 8 November 1898.
^Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (31 May 2010). Elections in Europe: A data handbook. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. p. 289. ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7.
^Nohlen & Stöver, p307
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