1872 Luxembourg general election

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Partial general elections were held in Luxembourg on 11 June 1872, electing members of the Chamber of Deputies. The elections took place in Echternach, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg-Campagne, Mersch, Remich, and Wiltz. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Under the election law at the time, any second-round run-off votes took place on the same day as the first round.

Results

Candidates who were successful are in bold.

CantonSeatsCandidateFirst roundSecond round
VotesVotes
EchternachJean-Mathias Föhr [lower-alpha 1] 217
Bernard Servais [lower-alpha 1] 187
Michel Witry [lower-alpha 1] 177
Turnout
Esch-sur-AlzetteDe Wacquant [lower-alpha 1] 426
Victor de Tornaco [lower-alpha 1] 378
Wolff [lower-alpha 1] 372
Brasseur [lower-alpha 1] 334
Turnout
Luxembourg-Campagne5Adolphe Fischer [lower-alpha 1] 332
Charles Collart [lower-alpha 1] 329
Klein [lower-alpha 1] 289
De Lafontaine [lower-alpha 1] 283
Stifft260253
Macher-Wurth [lower-alpha 2] 256279
Paul de Scherff256
Saur248
Bivort245
Wolff-Schweitzer198
Turnout550
MerschJoseph Servais [lower-alpha 1] 332
Jean-Pierre-Nicolas Beschemont [lower-alpha 1] 218
J. Knaff [lower-alpha 2] 189
J.-P. Fischer123
Ruth85
Erpelding43
Turnout
RemichWelter [lower-alpha 1] 286
Jacques-Guillaume Lessel [lower-alpha 1] 259
Gretsch [lower-alpha 2] 156
Würth78
Turnout
WiltzPaul Eyschen [lower-alpha 1] 448
Mertens [lower-alpha 1] 310
Jean-Joseph-Georges Faber-Knepper [lower-alpha 2] 259315
Pletschette126204
M. Servais119
Burggraff109
Schaack99
Greisch33
Turnout529

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Elected at the first round
  2. 1 2 3 4 Elected after a run-off round

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References

  1. ↑ "Elections du 11 juin". L'indépendance luxembourgeoise (in French). 12 June 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Uebersicht der politischen Tagesereignisse". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 12 June 1875. p. 1. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Uebersicht der politischen Tagesereignisse". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 13 June 1872. p. 1. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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