General elections were held in
Belgium on 10 March 1974. The
Belgian Socialist Party nl, Belgische Socialistische Partij
, logo = Logo of the Belgian Socialist Party.png
, caption = The fist and rose emblem used by the party from 1973.
, leader1_title = President
, leader1_name = Achille Van Acker (first)André Cools (last)
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emerged as the largest faction in the
Chamber of Representatives with 59 of the 212 seats. Voter turnout was 90.3%.
[Nohlen & Stöver, p291] Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils, as well as for the Council of the German Cultural Community for the first time.
Results
Chamber of Representatives
Senate
Council of the German Cultural Community
In this election, the new Council of the German Cultural Community (''Rat der deutschen Kulturgemeinschaft'') was directly elected for the first time; members of the council had been appointed a year earlier. The council is the precursor to the
Parliament of the German-speaking Community
The Parliament of the German-speaking Community (german: Parlament der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft or PDG) is the legislative assembly of the German-speaking Community of Belgium located in Eupen.
The most important tasks of the Parliament of ...
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References
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1974 elections in Belgium
March 1974 events in Europe