1928 Luxembourg general election

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1928 Luxembourg general election
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  1925 3 June 1928 1931  

28 out of 52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
27 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
LA 41.3012+4
Party of the Right Joseph Bech 39.8424+2
Radical Party 7.932-1
Independent Group Hubert Loutsch 6.6320
Independent Left Othon Decker4.3020
Union of the Left 4-1
PNI 30
OR 10
Left Liberals 10
RP (Marcel Cahen) 10
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Joseph Bech
Party of the Right
Joseph Bech
Party of the Right

Partial general elections were held in Luxembourg on 3 June 1928, electing 28 of the 52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the south and east of the country. [1] [2] The Party of the Right won 13 of the 28 seats, and saw its total number of seats rise from 22 to 24. [2]

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Not upElectedTotal+/–
Luxembourg Workers' Party 352,97041.3021012+4
Party of the Right 340,54539.84111324+2
Radical Party 67,7917.93022–1
Independent Group 56,6296.631120
Independent Left 36,7734.300220
Union of the Left 44–1
Independent National Party 330
Independent Party of the Right 110
Left Liberals 110
Radical Party (Marcel Cahen) 11New
Total854,708100.00242852+5
Valid votes57,88495.77
Invalid/blank votes2,5594.23
Total votes60,443100.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Luxemburger Wort

By constituency

ConstituencySeatsElectorateTurnoutPartyVotesSeats

won

Est 719,335 Party of the Right 77,6365
Independent Left 36,7732
Independent Group 8,1370
Sud 2045,87141,108 Workers' Party 352,97010
Party of the Right 262,9097
Radical Party 67,7912
Independent Group 48,4921
Source: Luxemburger Wort, Luxemburger Wort, Luxemburger Wort, Luxemburger Wort

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. 1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1260