1931 Luxembourg general election

Partial general elections were held in Luxembourg on 7 June 1931, electing 25 of the 54 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the centre and north of the country, as well as two seats in the south.[1][2] The Party of the Right won 14 of the 27 seats, and saw its total number of seats rise from 24 to 26.[2]

1931 Luxembourg general election

7 June 1931

27 out of 54 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
28 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ±
Party of the Right Joseph Bech 46.0 26 +2
LA 19.2 15 +3
Radical Socialist Party 9.2 4 +2
RP (Marcel Cahen) Marcel Cahen 7.9 2 +1
PACM Eugène Hoffmann 6.9 2 New
Independent Party Hubert Loutsch 4.7 2 0
PDPN Nicholas Mathieu 5.3 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Joseph Bech
Party of the Right
Joseph Bech
Party of the Right

Results

Summary

Party Votes %[a] Seats
Elected New total +/–
Party of the Right348,65246.01426+2
Luxembourg Workers' Party153,80519.2515+3
Radical Socialist Party78,4649.224–2
Radical Party (Marcel Cahen)65,8617.922+1
Party of Farmers and the Middle Class46,4466.922New
Progressive Democratic Party of the North35,7025.311New
Independent Party40,5694.7120
Communist Party of Luxembourg6,2640.700New
Independent Left20
Invalid/blank votes3,878
Total69,4981002754+2
Registered voters/turnout
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

a The percentage of votes is not related to the number of votes in the table, as voters could cast more votes in some constituencies than others, and is instead calculated based on the proportion of votes received in each constituency.[3]

By constituency

Constituency Seats Turnout Party Votes Seats
won
Centre 14 39,154 Party of the Right 185,144 6
Workers' Party 115,882 3
Radical Socialist Party 78,464 2
Radical Party 58,160 2
Independent Party 40,569 1
Communist Party 6,264 0
Nord 11 30,344 Party of the Right 163,508 7
Party of Farmers and the Middle Class 46,446 2
Workers' Party 37,923 1
Progressive Democratic Party of the North 35,702 1
Radical Party 7,701 0
Sud 2 44,846 Workers' Party 35,944 1
Party of the Right 30,637 1
Radical Socialist Party 10,883 0
Communist Party 4,543 0

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1261
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1254
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