nl, Belgische Socialistische Partij , logo = Logo of the Belgian Socialist Party.png , caption = The

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emblem used by the party from 1973. , leader1_title = President , leader1_name =

Achille Van Acker Achille Van Acker (8 April 1898 – 10 July 1975) was a Belgian politician who served three terms as the prime minister of Belgium between 1946 and 1958. A moderate from Flanders, Van Acker was a member of the Belgian Socialist Party (PSB–BSP) ...

(first)

André Cools André H.P. Cools (1 August 1927 – 18 July 1991) was a Belgian politician and a senior figure within the Walloon Socialist Party (PS) in the Liège region. He was assassinated in 1991 and the subsequent investigation uncovered widespread graft ...

(last) , leader2_title = Founder , leader2_name =

Paul-Henri Spaak Paul-Henri Charles Spaak (; 25 January 1899 – 31 July 1972) was an influential Belgian Socialist politician, diplomat and statesman. Along with Robert Schuman, Alcide De Gasperi and Konrad Adenauer he was a leader in the formation of the ...

, foundation = 1945 , dissolved = 1978 , predecessor =

Belgian Labour Party The Belgian Labour Party ( nl, Belgische Werkliedenpartij, BWP; french: Parti ouvrier belge, POB) was the first major socialist party in Belgium. Founded in 1885, the party was officially disbanded in 1940 and superseded by the Belgian Socialist ...

, successor = Socialist Party (Flemish)
Socialist Party (Francophone) , headquarters =

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

, newspaper = , wing1_title = Trade union wing , wing1 =

General Federation of Belgian Labour The General Labour Federation of Belgium (french: Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique, or FGTB; nl, Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond, ABVV) is a socialist national trade union federation in Belgium. It was founded in 1945. It is affiliated ...

, ideology =

Social democracy Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote s ...

Democratic socialism , position =

Centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The ...

, international =

Socialist International The Socialist International (SI) is a political international or worldwide organisation of political parties which seek to establish democratic socialism. It consists mostly of socialist and labour-oriented political parties and organisations. ...

, european = Confederation of the Socialist Parties , colours =

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, country = Belgium The Belgian Socialist Party (french: Parti Socialiste belge, PSB; nl, Belgische Socialistische Partij, BSP) was a social-democratic political party which existed in

from 1945 to 1978. During its time in office, a number of progressive social reforms were introduced. The BSP was founded by activists from the

(1885–1940), which was the first Belgian socialist party. It ceased to function during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, while Belgium was under

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occupation. Its main support bases were the co-operative and

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

movements, and it won relatively more support in

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

. Like most Belgian political organisations, the party supported greater integration with the European Economic Community, albeit in a socialist context. As linguistic and community issues became more divisive, the Belgian Socialist Party split into two new entities: the Flemish Socialist Party for the

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community and the Parti Socialiste (PS) for the Francophone community.

Presidents

Election Results

From the 1971 General Election, the Belgian Socialist Party ran separate lists for Flanders and Wallonia, however they still existed under a single party. The letters in bold thus show the results of the combined lists and consequently the true result of the Belgian Socialist Party in each election
Whilst the Belgian Socialist Party also ran separate lists for Flanders and Wallonia in the 1974 General Election, there is no information on the results of separate lists, hence only the result for the combined lists is shown.

References

{{Belgian political parties Defunct socialist parties in Belgium Political parties established in 1945 1945 establishments in Belgium Defunct social democratic parties Social democratic parties in Europe 1978 disestablishments in Belgium Political parties disestablished in 1978

Presidents

Election Results

See also

References