General elections were held in Belgium on 20 November 1921.^[1] The result was a victory for the Catholic Party, which won 70 of the 186 seats in the Chamber of Representatives.^[2] Voter turnout was 91.1% in the Chamber election and 91.0% in the Senate election.^[3]

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1921 Belgian general election

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186 seats in the Chamber of Representatives 93 seats in the Senate

Party Leader % Seats +/– Chamber of Representatives Catholic Georges Theunis 37.01 78 +8 Labour Joseph Van Roosbroeck 34.81 68 −2 Liberal Albert Mechelynck 17.80 33 −1 Catholic dissidents 3.35 2 −1 Frontpartij 3.04 4 −1 Combatants 1.07 1 −1 Senate Labour Joseph Van Roosbroeck 35.48 33 +13 Catholic Georges Theunis 32.57 34 −9 Liberal Albert Mechelynck 19.44 18 −12 United Catholics 4.99 5 New CVP 2.79 2 New Frontpartij 1.60 0 New Christian Workers 0.89 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Government before Government after election Carton de Wiart National Unity (Catholic-Lab-Lib) Theunis I Catholic-Liberal

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Elections to the nine provincial councils were held one week later, on 27 November 1921.

A Catholic–Liberal government led by Georges Theunis was formed following the elections.

The distribution of seats among the electoral districts was as follows:^[4][5]

Additionally, 20 senators were co-opted.