1977 Belgian general election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1977 Belgian general election
| country = Belgium
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1974 Belgian general election
| previous_year = 1974
| next_election = 1978 Belgian general election
| next_year = 1978
| seats_for_election = 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
| election_date = 17 April 1977
| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F050938-0028, Bonn, Tagung CDU-Bundesausschuss, Tindemans.jpg|bSize = 175|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 30|oLeft = 25}}
| nominee1 =
| leader1 = Leo Tindemans
| leader_since1 = Candidate for PM
| party1 = Christian People's Party (Belgium)
| home_state1 =
| leaders_seat1 =
| running_mate1 =
| last_election1 = 50 seats, 23.25%
| seats_needed1 =
| electoral_vote1 =
| states_carried1 =
| seats1 = 56
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 6
| popular_vote1 = 1,460,757
| percentage1 = 26.20%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 2.95%
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Andre_Cools.jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 20|oLeft = 75}}
| nominee2 =
| leader2 = André Cools
| leader_since2 = 1973
| party2 = Belgian Socialist Party
| home_state2 =
| leaders_seat2 =
| running_mate2 =
| last_election2 = 59 seats, 26.66%{{ref label|reference_name_A|a|a}}
| seats_needed2 =
| electoral_vote2 =
| states_carried2 =
| seats2 = 34
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 15
| popular_vote2 = 602,132
| percentage2 = 10.80%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 15.86%
| image3 = {{CSS image crop|Image = Karel_van_Miert_(SP,_Belgi%C3%AB),_Bestanddeelnr_933-5684.jpg|bSize = 300|cWidth = 120|cHeight = 160|oTop = 30|oLeft = 80}}
| nominee3 =
| leader3 = Karel Van Miert
| leader_since3 = 1977
| party3 = Belgian Socialist Party
| home_state3 =
| leaders_seat3 =
| running_mate3 =
| last_election3 = 59 seats, 26.66%{{ref label|reference_name_A|a|a}}
| seats_needed3 =
| electoral_vote3 =
| states_carried3 =
| seats3 = 27
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}} 22
| popular_vote3 = 725,513
| percentage3 = 13.01%
| swing3 = {{decrease}} 13.65%
| image4 =
| leader4 = Georges Gramme
| leader_since4 = 1976
| party4 = Christian Social Party (Wallonia)
| home_state4 =
| leaders_seat4 =
| running_mate4 =
| last_election4 = 22 seats, 9.09%
| seats_needed4 =
| electoral_vote4 =
| states_carried4 =
| seats4 = 24
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 2
| popular_vote4 = 406,694
| percentage4 = 7.29%
| swing4 = {{decrease}} 1.80%
| image5 =
| nominee5 =
| leader5 = Hugo Schiltz
| leader_since5 = 1975
| party5 = VU
| home_state5 =
| leaders_seat5 =
| running_mate5 =
| last_election5 = 22 seats, 10.20%
| seats_needed5 =
| electoral_vote5 =
| states_carried5 =
| seats5 = 20
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 2
| popular_vote5 = 559,567
| percentage5 = 10.04%
| swing5 = {{decrease}} 0.16%
| color5 = FFFF00
| image6 =
| nominee6 =
| leader6 = Frans Grootjans
| leader_since6 = 1973
| party6 = Party for Freedom and Progress (Flanders)
| home_state6 =
| leaders_seat6 =
| running_mate6 =
| last_election6 = 30 seats, 15.19%
| seats_needed6 =
| electoral_vote6 =
| states_carried6 =
| seats6 = 17
| seat_change6 = {{decrease}} 13
| popular_vote6 = 475,917
| percentage6 = 8.54%
| swing6 = {{decrease}} 6.65%
| title = Government
| posttitle = Government after election
| before_election = Tindemans I
| before_party = CVP-PSC-PVV-PRL
| after_election = Tindemans II
| after_party = CVP-PSC-BSP/PSB-VU-FDF
| map_image = 1977 Belgian legislative election results map.svg
| map_caption = Results by constituency for the Chamber of Representatives
}}
{{Politics of Belgium}}
General elections were held in Belgium on 17 April 1977.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p289 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}} The result was a victory for the Christian People's Party, which won 56 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 28 of the 106 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 95.1%.Nohlen & Stöver, p291 Elections were also held for the nine provincial councils and for the Council of the German Cultural Community.
Results
=Chamber of Representatives=
{{Election results
|image=File:Belgian Chamber 1977.svg
|alliance1=Belgian Socialist Party|aspan1=4
|party1=BSP (Flanders)|votes1=725513|seats1=27|sc1=New
|party2=PSB-BSP|votes2=602132|seats2=34|sc2=New
|party3=PSB (Wallonia)|votes3=145771|seats3=0|sc3=0
|atotal4=1473416|aseats4=61|sc4=+2
|alliance5=Christian People's Party|votes5=1460757|seats5=56|sc5=+6
|alliance6=People's Union|votes6=559567|seats6=20|sc6=–2
|alliance7=Party for Freedom and Progress|aspan7=3
|party7=PVV|votes7=475917|seats7=17|sc7=New
|party8=PLP of Wallonia|votes8=5220|seats8=0|sc82=0
|atotal9=481137|aseats9=17|sc9=–13
|alliance10=Christian Social Party|votes10=406694|seats10=24|sc10=+2
|alliance11=Party of Reforms and Freedom of Wallonia|aspan11=4
|party11=PRLW|votes11=191196|seats11=16|sc11=New
|party12=PRLW–PRF|votes12=107015|seats12=0|sc12=New
|party13=PRLW–Liberal Party|votes13=92178|seats13=0|sc13=New
|atotal14=390389|aseats14=16|sc14=New
|alliance15=Democratic Front of the Francophones|votes15=263104|seats15=11|sc15=New
|alliance16=Communist Party of Belgium|aspan16=4
|party16=KPB/PCB|votes16=62410|seats16=0|sc16=–2
|party17=PCB–UDP|votes17=51930|seats17=0|sc17=New
|party18=PCB (Wallonia)|votes18=37104|seats18=2|sc18=New
|atotal19=151444|aseats19=2|sc19=0
|alliance20=PSC–CSP|votes20=138361|seats20=0|sc20=New
|alliance21=Walloon Rally|votes21=132773|seats21=4|sc21=–7
|alliance22=PSB–Walloon Rally|votes22=33598|seats22=1|sc22=New
|alliance23=All Power to the Workers|aspan23=3
|party23=AMADA (Flanders)|votes23=22919|seats23=0|sc23=New
|party24=TPO (Wallonia)|votes24=1980|seats24=0|sc24=New
|atotal25=24899|aseats25=0|sc25=0
|alliance26=Revolutionary Workers' League|aspan26=4
|party26=RAL (Flanders)|votes26=8562|seats26=0|sc26=New
|party27=LRT-RAL|votes27=3127|seats27=0|sc27=New
|party28=LRT (Wallonia)|votes28=2905|seats28=0|sc28=New
|atotal29=14594|aseats29=0|sc29=New
|alliance30=ECOLOG|votes30=11839|seats30=0|sc30=New
|alliance31=Party of German-speaking Belgians|votes31=7735|seats31=0|sc31=0
|alliance32=ECOLOG–Snow White and Seven Dwarfs Party|votes32=4321|seats32=0|sc32=New
|alliance33=Ecolo|votes33=3834|seats33=0|sc33=New
|alliance34=United Feminist Party|aspan34=3
|party34=PFU (Wallonia)|votes34=1514|seats34=0|sc34=New
|party35=VFP (Flanders)|votes35=967|seats35=0|sc35=New
|atotal36=2481|aseats36=0|sc36=0
|alliance44=Agalev|votes44=2435|seats44=0|sc44=New
|alliance45=Francophone Women's Front|votes45=2099|seats45=0|sc45=New
|alliance46=Centre Party–Belgian Radical Union|votes46=1547|seats46=0|sc46=0
|alliance47=Return to Liège|votes47=1421|seats47=0|sc47=0
|alliance48=Union of Belgians|votes48=1083|seats48=0|sc48=New
|alliance49=People's National Front|votes49=994|seats49=0|sc49=New
|alliance50=Kaganovemus|votes50=884|seats50=0|sc50=0
|alliance51=ECOLOGIQUE|votes51=777|seats51=0|sc51=New
|alliance52=Ecologie Wallonia|votes52=605|seats52=0|sc52=New
|alliance53=Communist Party of Belgium – Marxist–Leninist|votes53=533|seats53=0|sc53=New
|alliance54=United Independent Party|votes54=443|seats54=0|sc54=New
|alliance55=Flanders–Brussels 77|votes55=377|seats55=0|sc55=New
|alliance56=Union of Marxist–Leninist Communists of Belgium|votes56=222|seats56=0|sc56=New
|alliance57=UC–MEUNIER|votes57=199|seats57=0|sc57=New
|alliance58=Revolutionary Workers' Party|votes58=175|seats58=0|sc58=New
|alliance59=Parti Pris|votes59=169|seats59=0|sc59=New
|alliance60=European Workers Party|votes60=152|seats60=0|sc60=New
|invalid=431153
|electorate=6316662
|total_sc=0
|source=Belgian Electionshttps://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/abgeordnetenkammer/1977/k%C3%B6nigreich/157916
}}
=Senate=
{{Election results
|image=File:Belgium Senate 1977.svg
|party1=Christian People's Party|votes1=1446806|seats1=28|sc1=+1
|party2=Belgian Socialist Party (Wallonia)|votes2=756401|seats2=19|sc2=New
|party3=Belgian Socialist Party (Flanders)|votes3=719533|seats3=12|sc3=New
|party4=People's Union|votes4=562894|seats4=10|sc4=0
|party5=Christian Social Party|votes5=522613|seats5=11|sc5=+1
|party6=Party for Freedom and Progress|votes6=472645|seats6=9|sc6=New
|party7=Party of Reforms and Freedom of Wallonia|votes7=316292|seats7=7|sc7=New
|party8=Democratic Front of the Francophones|votes8=246367|seats8=6|sc8=New
|party9=Walloon Rally|votes9=158642|seats9=2|sc9=New
|party10=Communist Party of Belgium|votes10=108000|seats10=1|sc10=0
|party11=Liberal Party|votes11=70458|seats11=0|sc11=New
|party12=PCB–UDP|votes12=50749|seats12=0|sc12=New
|party13=PSB–Walloon Rally|votes13=33945|seats13=1|sc13=New
|party14=All Power to the Workers|votes14=27693|seats14=0|sc14=New
|party15=Party of German-speaking Belgians|votes15=10213|seats15=0|sc15=0
|party16=Ecolo|votes16=7558|seats16=0|sc16=New
|party17=Party for Freedom and Progress (Wallonia)|votes17=5305|seats17=0|sc17=0
|party18=United Feminist Party|votes18=3413|seats18=0|sc18=0
|party19=Agalev|votes19=3270|seats19=0|sc19=New
|party20=Union of Belgians|votes20=1182|seats20=0|sc20=New
|party21=United Independent Party|votes21=896|seats21=0|sc21=New
|party22=Revolutionary Workers' League|votes22=387|seats22=0|sc22=New
|party23=Belgian Radical Union|votes23=207|seats23=0|sc23=0
|party24=Other parties|votes24=502|seats24=0|sc24=–
|invalid=486091
|electorate=6012062
|total_sc=0
|source=Belgian Electionshttps://wahlergebnisse.belgium.be/de/election-results/senat/1977/k%C3%B6nigreich/159910
}}