1915 Luxembourg general election

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1915 Luxembourg general election
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  1914 23 December 1915 1918  

52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
26 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderVote %Seats
Left Bloc 55.427
Party of the Right 26.525
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 23 December 1915. [1] The Party of the Right emerged as the largest party, winning 25 of the 52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

Contents

Background

Earlier in the year Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde had appointed a right-wing minority government. [1] However, the government was unable to function properly due to its lack of a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. Marie-Adélaïde then dissolved the Chamber and called new elections.

Results

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Left Bloc 92,30255.4327–5
Party of the Right 44,19526.5425+5
Independents30,01218.020
Total166,509100.00520
Valid votes30,13399.15
Invalid/blank votes2570.85
Total votes30,390100.00
Registered voters/turnout33,64390.33
Source: Luxemburger Wort

By canton

CantonSeatsElectorateTurnoutPartyCandidateVotes
Capellen 32,0271,887 Party of the Right Pierre Dupong 963
Left Bloc Edouard Hemmer962
Party of the Right Nicolas Wirtgen954
Party of the Right Kirsch931
Left Bloc Schmitz915
Left Bloc Jeitz840
Clervaux 31,9951,758 Party of the Right Pierre Prüm 1,244
Party of the Right J.-P. Jérôme Thinnes1,236
Party of the Right Jean Theissen1,124
Left Bloc Glesener578
Left Bloc Bouvier537
Left Bloc Hamelius533
Diekirch 42,5902,398 Party of the Right Antoine Hansen1,403
Party of the Right Matthias Jungers1,231
Party of the Right Jean Gérard1,226
Party of the Right Jean Pierre Schmit1,225
Left Bloc Pemmers1,063
Left Bloc Steichen1,003
Left Bloc Wanderscheid919
IndependentKellen598
Echternach 31,5731,448 Party of the Right Matthias Huss903
Party of the Right François Kries826
Party of the Right Lamoral de Villers733
Left Bloc Dondelinger664
Left Bloc Decker560
Left Bloc Huss142
Esch-sur-Alzette 137,1046,353 Left Bloc Léon Metz3,998
Left Bloc Albert Clemang3,958
Left Bloc Charles Hoffmann3,872
Left Bloc Charles Krombach3,861
Left Bloc Auguste Flesch3,840
Left Bloc Léon Metzer3,825
Left Bloc Émile Mark3,803
Left Bloc Edmond Müller3,781
Left Bloc Aloyse Kayser3,758
Left Bloc Jean-Pierre Michels3,742
Left Bloc Jean Schortgen3,698
Left Bloc Joseph Thorn3,686
Left Bloc Michel Welter 3,555
IndependentDondelinger2,644
IndependentAuguste Collart2,320
IndependentSteichen2,309
IndependentHausemer2,245
IndependentKlepper2,227
IndependentThéodore Noesen2,221
IndependentGehrend2,213
IndependentMeintz2,196
IndependentGoedert2,194
IndependentSchiltz2,180
IndependentMambourg2,173
IndependentNicolas Müller2,146
IndependentReimen2,141
Grevenmacher 32,3962,101 Party of the Right François Altwies1,292
Party of the Right Joseph Bech 1,203
Party of the Right Albert Dühr1,202
Left Bloc Godart955
Luxembourg-Ville 42,7182,342 Left Bloc Luc Housse 1,676
Left Bloc Léandre Lacroix 1,676
Left Bloc Robert Brasseur1,662
Left Bloc Alphonse Munchen 1,614
Party of the Right Fettes663
Party of the Right Lessel635
Party of the Right de La Fontaine616
Luxembourg-Campagne 85,3744,879 Left Bloc Maurice Pescatore3,007
Left Bloc Norbert Le Gallais2,869
Left Bloc Joseph Palgen2,857
Left Bloc Léon Naval2,836
Left Bloc Emile Bastian2,830
Left Bloc Paul Koch2,815
Left Bloc Jacques Gallé2,806
Left Bloc Adolphe Schmit2,728
Party of the Right Émile Reuter 2,028
Party of the Right Nicolas Philippe1,915
Party of the Right Nicolas Mackel1,910
Party of the Right Jean-Pierre Kohner1,883
Party of the Right Gaston Diderich 1,816
Party of the Right Wagener1,795
Party of the Right Berens1,778
Party of the Right Warken1,660
IndependentGehlen158
IndependentChristian Schmit27
Mersch 21,7331,626 Party of the Right Jean-Pierre Ecker855
Party of the Right Alphonse Eichhorn850
Left Bloc Ludovicy755
Left Bloc Erpelding710
Redange 32,0221,848 Party of the Right Nicolas Klein1,220
Party of the Right Eugène Hoffmann1,209
Party of the Right Pierre Schiltz1,187
Left Bloc Bian723
Remich 21,8581,655 Party of the Right Joseph Faber1,104
Party of the Right Théodore Flammang1,083
Left Bloc Kohn552
Left Bloc Greiveldinger86
Vianden 1376376 Party of the Right Théodore Klees207
Left Bloc Sinner166
Wiltz 31,8771,719 Party of the Right Nicolas Meyers1,066
Party of the Right Michel Weynandy1,019
Left Bloc Charles Mathieu886
Party of the Right Neyens859
Source: Luxemburger Wort

Aftermath

Although the Party of the Right increased their representation from 20 to 25 seats, they were still short of a majority. The Hubert Loutsch government lost a vote of confidence on 11 January 1916 and resigned. Marie-Adélaïde's interference in domestic politics was strongly criticised by left-wing parties, and was partially responsible for her being forced to abdicate in favour of Charlotte in 1919. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1233 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1234