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The Independent Party of the Right (Luxembourgish : Onofhängeg Rietspartei) was a political party in Luxembourg led by Eugène Hoffmann, a dissident from the Party of the Right. [1]

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The Party of the Right, abbreviated to PD, was a political party in Luxembourg between 1914 and 1944. It was the direct predecessor of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), which has ruled Luxembourg for all but five years since.

History

In the 1925 elections the party received 2.4% of the vote, winning a single seat. It did not contest the partial elections of 1928, and by the 1931 elections Hoffmann had established the Party of Farmers and the Middle Class. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1249 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7