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Luxembourg Communal Council (French : Conseil communal de Luxembourg) is the local council for the commune of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.
It consists of twenty-seven members, elected every six years by proportional representation. [1]
Elections were held on 11 June 2023, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic Party (DP). In the collège échevinal , the DP decided to continue their existing coalition with the Christian Social People's Party, who had the second-largest contingent, under the leadership of DP mayor Lydie Polfer.
| 2023 election results [2] | |||||
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| Party | Popular vote | Seats | Change | ||
| Democratic Party (DP) | 31,38% | 10 |  1 | ||
| Christian Social People's Party (CSV) | 20,6% | 6 |  1 | ||
| The Greens | 18,53% | 5 |  0 | ||
| Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) | 10,65% | 3 | 0 | ||
| The Left | 5,74% | 1 | 1 | ||
| Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) | 4,95% | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pirate Party of Luxembourg | 4,82% | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total: | 27 | ||||
Below are the results of the communal elections of 8 October 2017. [3]
| Party | Popular vote | Seats | Change | Councillors | ||
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| Democratic Party (DP) | 30,04% | 9 | 1 | Simone Beissel, Héloïse Bock, Tanja de Jager, Patrick Goldschmidt, Vronny Krieps, Colette Mart, Lydie Polfer, Claude Radoux, Jeff Wirtz | ||
| Christian Social People's Party (CSV) | 25,03% | 7 | 2 | Maurice Bauer, Paul Galles, Claudine Konsbruck, Elisabeth Margue, Laurent Mosar, Serge Wilmes, Isabel Wiseler-Santos Lima | ||
| The Greens | 19,26% | 5 | 0 | Carlo Back, François Benoy, Tilly Metz, Claudie Reyland, Sam Tanson | ||
| Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) | 11,09% | 3 | 1 | Marc Angel, Cathy Fayot, Tom Krieps | ||
| The Left | 6,79% | 2 | 0 | Joël Delvaux, David Wagner | ||
| Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) | 4,3% | 1 | 0 | Roy Reding | ||
| Pirate Party of Luxembourg | 2,64% | 0 | – | |||
| Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL) | 0,84% | 0 | – | |||
| Total: | 27 | |||||
Elections were held on 9 October 2011, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic Party (DP). The DP formed a coalition with The Greens, who had the third-largest contingent, under the leadership of Lydie Polfer. [4] [5]
| 2011 election results [6] | |||||
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| Party | Popular vote | Seats | Change | ||
| Democratic Party (DP) | 33,65% | 10 | 1 | ||
| Christian Social People's Party (CSV) | 19,05% | 5 | 1 | ||
| The Greens | 18,45% | 5 | 0 | ||
| Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) | 15,93% | 4 | 0 | ||
| The Left | 6,45% | 2 | 2 | ||
| Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) | 5,02% | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 27 | ||||
| Party | Popular vote | Seats | Councillors | ||
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| Democratic Party (DP) | 35,86% | 11 | Sonja Adam-Becker, Simone Beissel, Xavier Bettel, Anne Brasseur, Colette Flesch, Paul Helminger, Vronny Krieps, Colette Mart, Lydie Polfer, Jean-Paul Rippinger | ||
| Christian Social People's Party (CSV) | 22,17% | 6 | Paul-Henri Meyers, Laurent Mosar, Martine Stein-Mergen, Théo Stendebach, Lucien Thiel, Lima Isabel Wiseler-Santos | ||
| The Greens | 17,33% | 5 | Carlo Back, Fabiana Bartolozzi, François Bausch, Carlo De Toffoli, Viviane Loschetter | ||
| Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) | 16,22% | 4 | Marc Angel, Armand Drews, Ben Fayot, René Kollweiter | ||
| Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) | 3,92% | 1 | Roy Reding | ||
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