1936 Belgian general election

van Zeeland I National Unity (Catholic-Lab-Lib) van Zeeland II National Unity (Catholic-Lab-Lib) General elections were held in Belgium on 24 May 1936.

[1] The result was a victory for the Belgian Labour Party, which won 70 of the 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 39 of the 101 seats in the Senate.

[3] Despite the rise of far-right and far-left parties, Paul van Zeeland continued as Prime Minister leading a government of national unity, composed of the three major parties (Catholics, Socialists and Liberals).

The distribution of seats among the electoral districts of the Chamber of Representatives was as follows.

Roeselare-Tielt lost one seat, which was a rare occurrence since population generally increased throughout the Belgian territory with each census.

Prime Minister Paul van Zeeland