1931 Luxembourg general election

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1931 Luxembourg general election
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  1928 7 June 1931 1934  

27 out of 54 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
28 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Party of the Right Joseph Bech 44.9426+2
Socialist Workers' Party 19.8315+3
Radical Socialist Party 10.114−2
RP (Marcel Cahen) Marcel Cahen8.492+1
PACM Eugène Hoffmann5.992New
Independent Party Hubert Loutsch 5.2320
PDPN Nicholas Mathieu4.601New
Independent Left 20
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 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]

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Results

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PartyVotes%Seats
Not upElectedTotal+/–
Party of the Right 348,65244.94121426+2
Luxembourg Workers' Party 153,80519.8310515+3
Radical Socialist Party 78,46410.11224–2
Radical Party (Marcel Cahen) 65,8618.49022+1
Party of Farmers and the Middle Class 46,4465.99022New
Independent Party 40,5695.231120
Progressive Democratic Party of the North 35,7024.60011New
Communist Party of Luxembourg 6,2640.81000New
Independent Left 220
Total775,763100.00272754+2
Valid votes65,62094.42
Invalid/blank votes3,8785.58
Total votes69,498100.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By constituency

ConstituencySeatsTurnoutPartyVotesSeats
won
Centre 1439,154 Party of the Right 185,1446
Workers' Party 115,8823
Radical Socialist Party 78,4642
Radical Party 58,1602
Independent Party 40,5691
Communist Party 6,2640
Nord 1130,344 Party of the Right 163,5087
Party of Farmers and the Middle Class 46,4462
Workers' Party 37,9231
Progressive Democratic Party of the North 35,7021
Radical Party 7,7010
Sud 244,846 Workers' Party 35,9441
Party of the Right 30,6371
Radical Socialist Party 10,8830
Communist Party 4,5430
Source: 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, p1261