Senate
Belgium elections · 1978-12-17 · held
Senate: 106 seats in the recorded source scope.
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Results: final · complete coverage · Valid votes in recorded scope (5,479,246)
Turnout: 94.94%
| Party / candidate | Votes | Vote share | Seats | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian People's Party | 1420777 | 25.93% | 29 | — |
| Belgian Socialist Party (Wallonia) | 685307 | 12.51% | 17 | — |
| Belgian Socialist Party (Flanders) | 678776 | 12.39% | 13 | — |
| Party for Freedom and Progress | 572535 | 10.45% | 11 | — |
| Christian Social Party | 535939 | 9.78% | 12 | — |
| People's Union | 384562 | 7.02% | 7 | — |
| Party of Reforms and Freedom of Wallonia-PL | 330155 | 6.03% | 6 | — |
| Democratic Front of the Francophones | 266713 | 4.87% | 7 | — |
| Communist Party of Belgium | 182711 | 3.33% | 1 | — |
| Walloon Rally | 123794 | 2.26% | 2 | — |
| Vlaams Blok | 80809 | 1.47% | 0 | — |
| Democratic Union for the Respect of Labour | 51571 | 0.94% | 0 | — |
| All Power to the Workers | 44379 | 0.81% | 0 | — |
| Ecolo | 43883 | 0.8% | 0 | — |
| Belgian Socialist Party (Luxembourg) | 30837 | 0.56% | 1 | — |
| Party of German-speaking Belgians | 11148 | 0.2% | 0 | — |
| Walloon Liberal Party | 11081 | 0.2% | 0 | — |
| Walloon Rally (Luxembourg) | 6659 | 0.12% | 0 | — |
| Revolutionary Workers' League | 3744 | 0.07% | 0 | — |
| Liberal, Social and Democratic Party | 3239 | 0.06% | 0 | — |
| Belgian Progressive Party | 2804 | 0.05% | 0 | — |
| Francophone Liberal Party | 2640 | 0.05% | 0 | — |
| Democratic and Progressive Union | 2221 | 0.04% | 0 | — |
| United Feminist Party | 2045 | 0.04% | 0 | — |
| Revolutionary Communist Party | 917 | 0.02% | 0 | — |
Results describe the source’s directly elected Senate seats or post-renewal composition; provincial, co-opted and ex-officio members are not silently added.