General elections were held in

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on 16 November 1919. Although the

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received the most votes in the Chamber of Representatives elections, the Catholic Party remained the largest party in both the Chamber and the

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. Voter turnout was 88.5% in the Chamber elections. They were the first elections after the

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, and the first with universal single-vote suffrage (for men), a change that was sought by and benefited the

. The voting age was also lowered from 25 to 21, and the system of proportional representation was modified to use

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(combining votes of different arrondissements within a province).

Results

Chamber of Representatives

Senate

Constituencies

The distribution of seats among the electoral districts was as follows:List of members of the Senate (1919-1920)
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Notes

References

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1910s elections in Belgium

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