The Communist Party of Belgium and the muncipal elections of 24 November 1946: a deceptive breakthrough

On November 24, 1946, the first municipal elections in Belgium since the end of the Second World War were held. The Communist Party of Belgium (PCB-KPB), which had had relatively little presence in the municipalities until then, achieved what was to be its best electoral and political performance at this level. After the election, the communist leaders reported a significant electoral leap compared to the previous local elections – 1926, 1932 and 1938 – and they claimed that they had won twenty mayoral positions and that more than one hundred of their candidates had been elected as aldermen. C... Mehr ...