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.^[2] Voter turnout was 94.7%.^[3]

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1936 Belgian general election

← 1932 24 May 1936 1939 →
All 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives All 101 seats in the Senate
First party Second party Third party   Leader Emile Vandervelde Paul van Zeeland Léon Dens Party Labour Catholic Liberal Leader since 1933 Candidate for PM 1935 Last election 73 seats, 37.03% 79 seats, 38.42% 24 seats, 14.08% Seats won 70 61 23 Seat change 3 18 1 Popular vote 758,485 653,717 292,970 Percentage 32.11% 27.67% 12.40% Swing 4.92% 10.75% 1.68%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Léon Degrelle Staf De Clercq Joseph Jacquemotte Party Rexist VNV PVDA-PTB Leader since 1935 1933 1934 Last election New New 3 seats, 2.90% Seats won 21 16 9 Seat change New New 6 Popular vote 271,481 164,253 143,223 Percentage 11.49% 7.06% 6.06% Swing New New 3.16%
Government before election van Zeeland I National Unity (Catholic-Lab-Lib) Government after election van Zeeland II National Unity (Catholic-Lab-Lib)

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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.^[4] Several arrondissements got one or more additional seats. Roeselare-Tielt lost one seat, which was a rare occurrence since population generally increased throughout the Belgian territory with each census.