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Author: Jan Ceuleers
Until 1971 the Belgian Socialist Party (BSP) was the only Belgian party that consulted its members on the composition of candidate-lists for the parliamentary elections. Internal pre-elections were organized for this purpose.
Since 1971 however there is a clear trend to abandon this procedure and to make a party-congres the deciding factor.
In 1971 and 1974 this trend became predominant in Flanders; it is now also clearly noticeable in Wallonia. Only one out of seventeen Dutch-speaking federations (Antwerp), and seven of the thirteen Frenchspeaking federations organized pre-elections. As they were held in the large federations which send large numbers of members to parliament, there are still more French-speaking candidates in parliament through pre-elections than through a congres appointed list.
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How to Cite: Ceuleers, J. (1977) “De lijstensamenstelling in de Belgische Socialistische Partij”, Res Publica. 19(3). doi: https://doi.org/10.21825/rp.v19i3.19464