General elections were held in Belgium on 2 April 1939.^[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 67 of the 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives. Voter turnout was 93.3%.^[2]

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1939 Belgian general election

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Chamber of Representatives

All 202 seats in the Chamber of Representatives

Party Leader % Seats +/– PC–KVV Hubert Pierlot 32.71 73 +12 Labour Paul-Henri Spaak 30.19 64 −6 Liberal Émile Coulonvaux 17.19 33 +10 VNV Staf De Clercq 8.28 17 +1 PVDA-PTB Collective leadership 5.36 9 0 Rexist Léon Degrelle 4.44 4 −17 Technocrat Leo Frenssen 1 New Veterans 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Senate

All 101 seats in the Senate

Party Leader % Seats +/– Catholic Hubert Pierlot 30.71 35 +1 Labour Paul-Henri Spaak 30.64 35 −4 Liberal Émile Coulonvaux 17.57 16 +5 VNV Staf De Clercq 7.76 8 +3 PVDA-PTB Collective leadership 5.04 3 −1 Rexist Léon Degrelle 4.13 1 −7 KVV Alfons Verbist 2.75 3 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Government before Government after election Spaak I National Unity (Lab–Catholic–Lib) Pierlot I Catholic–Lab

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On 22 February 1939, the Pierlot Government succeeded the Spaak Government. The Spaak Government was in a political crisis caused by, among other things, the Martens Affair. As the Pierlot Government fell as well and the ministers failed to form a stable government, King Leopold III insisted on a dissolution of parliament, but the council of ministers refused due to fear of electoral losses. It was not Prime Minister Pierlot, but the Minister of the Interior who provided the required contresignant of the royal order of 6 March 1939 which dissolved the Chambers and triggered the snap elections.

After the election, Pierlot continued as Prime Minister. The elections were the last before World War II.