1931 Luxembourg general election
Luxembourg
← 1928 7 June 1931 1934 →
27 out of 54 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
28 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
Party of the Right Joseph Bech 44.94 26 +2
Socialist Workers' Party 19.83 15 +3
Radical Socialist Party 10.11 4 −2
RP (Marcel Cahen) Marcel Cahen 8.49 2 +1
PACM Eugène Hoffmann 5.99 2 New
Independent Party Hubert Loutsch 5.23 2 0
PDPN Nicholas Mathieu 4.60 1 New
Independent Left – 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Joseph Bech
Party of the Right		 Joseph Bech
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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]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Not upElectedTotal+/–
Party of the Right348,65244.94121426+2
Luxembourg Workers' Party153,80519.8310515+3
Radical Socialist Party78,46410.11224–2
Radical Party (Marcel Cahen)65,8618.49022+1
Party of Farmers and the Middle Class46,4465.99022New
Independent Party40,5695.231120
Progressive Democratic Party of the North35,7024.60011New
Communist Party of Luxembourg6,2640.81000New
Independent Left2–20
Total775,763100.00272754+2
Valid votes65,62094.42
Invalid/blank votes3,8785.58
Total votes69,498100.00
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

By constituency

Constituency Seats Turnout Party Votes Seats
won
Centre 14 39,154 Party of the Right 185,144 6
Workers' Party 115,882 3
Radical Socialist Party 78,464 2
Radical Party 58,160 2
Independent Party 40,569 1
Communist Party 6,264 0
Nord 11 30,344 Party of the Right 163,508 7
Party of Farmers and the Middle Class 46,446 2
Workers' Party 37,923 1
Progressive Democratic Party of the North 35,702 1
Radical Party 7,701 0
Sud 2 44,846 Workers' Party 35,944 1
Party of the Right 30,637 1
Radical Socialist Party 10,883 0
Communist Party 4,543 0
Source: Luxemburger Wort, Luxemburger Wort

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ a b Nohlen & Stöver, p1261
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