2023 Luxembourg general election
Luxembourg
← 2018 8 October 2023
All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout87.20% (Decrease 2.46pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
CSV Luc Frieden 29.22 21 0
LSAP Paulette Lenert 18.92 11 +1
Democratic Party Xavier Bettel 18.70 14 +2
ADR Fred Keup 9.27 5 +1
The Greens Sam Tanson 8.55 4 −5
Pirate Party Sven Clement 6.74 3 +1
The Left David Wagner 3.93 2 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Most voted-for party by municipality and constituency
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Xavier Bettel
DP		 Luc Frieden
CSV

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 8 October 2023 to elect all 60 seats of the Chamber of Deputies.[1][2][3]

The incumbent Bettel II Government was a coalition of the Democratic Party (DP), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) and The Greens.

Electoral system

The 60 members of the Chamber of Deputies are elected by proportional representation in four multi-member constituencies; nine in North constituency, seven in East, 23 in South and 21 in Centre. Voters can vote for a party list or cast multiple votes for as many candidates as there are seats. Seat allocation is calculated in accordance with the Hagenbach-Bischoff quota.[4]

Only Luxembourgish citizens may vote in general elections. A proposal to extend voting rights to foreigners who have lived in Luxembourg for at least ten years and have previously voted in a European or local election in Luxembourg, was rejected in a 2015 referendum. Voting is mandatory for eligible Luxembourg citizens who live in Luxembourg and are under 75 years of age.[5] Luxembourg citizens who live abroad may vote by post at the commune in which they most recently lived in Luxembourg.[6] Luxembourg citizens who were born in Luxembourg but have never lived there may vote by post at the commune in which they were born.[6] Luxembourg citizens who were not born in Luxembourg and have never lived there may vote by post at the commune of Luxembourg City.[6]

Parties

List
No. 		Name Abbr. Lead
candidate 		Ideology Political
position 		Last election Notes[7]
% Seats
1 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei 		LSAP Paulette Lenert[8] Social democracy Centre-left 17.60
10 / 60
2 Democratic Party
Demokratesch Partei 		DP Xavier Bettel Liberalism Centre to centre-right 16.91
12 / 60
3 The Greens
Déi Gréng 		DG Sam Tanson Green politics Centre-left 15.12
9 / 60
4 Christian Social People's Party
Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei 		CSV Luc Frieden[9] Christian democracy Centre to centre-right 28.31
21 / 60
5 The Left
Déi Lénk 		DL David Wagner Democratic socialism Left-wing 5.48
2 / 60
6 Alternative Democratic Reform Party
Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei 		ADR Fred Keup National conservatism Right-wing to far-right 8.28
4 / 60
7 Pirate Party Luxembourg
Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg 		PPLU Sven Clement Pirate politics 6.45
2 / 60
9[10] Focus
Fokus 		FOK Frank Engel[11] Pragmatism Centre New
10 Volt Luxembourg
Volt Lëtzebuerg 		VOLT None[12] European federalism Centre to centre-left New Only presenting lists in the South
and East constituencies
11 Communist Party of Luxembourg
Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg 		KPL Ali Ruckert Communism Far-left 1.27
0 / 60
 Only presenting lists in the South,
East and Centre constituencies
12 Liberté - Fräiheet! [lb]
Liberté - Fräiheet! 		LF Roy Reding Right-wing populism Right-wing to far-right New
13 The Conservatives
Déi Konservativ 		DK Joe Thein Conservatism Centre-right to right-wing 0.27
0 / 60
 Only presenting lists in the South
and North constituencies

Opinion polls

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Voting intention

Fieldwork date Polling firm CSV LSAP DP DG ADR PPLU DL KPL Dem. DK Volt Fokus
7–16 Aug 2023 ILRES 28.3% 19.8% 17.4% 10.7% 6.9% 9.9% 5% 0.4% – 0.1% 0.3% 1.1%
11 Jun 2023 Municipal elections [13][14] 26.06% 21.30% 20.64% 12.69% 3.22% 3.98% 3.22% 0.40% – 0.18% – 0.84%
23 Mar − 6 Apr 2023 TNS 27.1% 17.9% 17.1% 12.8% 7.5% 10.0% 4.3% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 2.0%
14−28 Nov 2022 TNS 23.3% 20.7% 18.4% 12.1% 7.7% 9.6% 5.8% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% 0.1% 1.5%
24 May − 7 Jun 2022 TNS 23.0% 18.0% 18.1% 13.7% 7.6% 9.7% 5.6% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.5% 2.9%
11−19 Nov 2021 TNS 21.6% 20.2% 16.2% 12.4% 11.3% 11.1% 5.0% 0.8% 0.6% 0.5% 0.3% –
9−21 Jun 2021 TNS 24.6% 17.8% 19.3% 13.4% 7.6% 8.0% 7.0% 1.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.5% –
10–24 Nov 2020 TNS 25.7% 19.8% 19.9% 11.5% 9.6% 5.9% 5.8% 0.9% 0.5% 0.3% 0.1% –
4–24 Jun 2020 TNS 27.5% 16.4% 20.6% 13.4% 8.2% 4.8% 7.3% 1.1% 0.3% 0.2% – –
14–23 Nov 2019 TNS 30.1% 15.0% 16.6% 15.9% 10.4% 5.4% 5.5% 0.8% 0.1% 0.2% – –
14 Oct 2018 Election [15] 28.31% 17.60% 16.91% 15.12% 8.28% 6.45% 5.48% 1.27% 0.29% 0.27% – –

Seat projections

Map of Luxembourg's constituencies with number of seats
Fieldwork date Polling firm CSV DP LSAP DG ADR PPLU DL Gov.
7–16 Aug 2023 ILRES 19 11 13 7 3 5 2 31
23 Mar − 6 Apr 2023 TNS 17 11 12 8 4 6 2 31
14−28 Nov 2022 TNS 15 12 13 8 4 6 2 33
24 May − 7 Jun 2022 TNS 16 12 12 8 4 6 2 32
11−19 Nov 2021 TNS 15 9 12 8 7 7 2 29
9−21 Jun 2021 TNS 17 13 11 8 4 4 3 32
10–24 Nov 2020 TNS 17 14 12 8 5 2 2 34
4–24 Jun 2020 TNS 19 15 10 8 4 1 3 33
14–23 Dec 2019 TNS 20 11 9 10 6 2 2 30
14 Oct 2018 Election [16] 21 12 10 9 4 2 2 31

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian Social People's Party1,099,53629.22210
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party711,87618.9211+1
Democratic Party703,70518.7014+2
Alternative Democratic Reform Party348,9599.275+1
The Greens321,8998.554–5
Pirate Party Luxembourg253,5576.743+1
The Left147,8403.9320
Fokus93,8322.490New
Liberté - Fräiheet! [lb]42,6531.130New
Communist Party of Luxembourg24,0440.6400
The Conservatives8,4960.2300
Volt Luxembourg7,0030.190New
Total3,763,400100.00600
Valid votes231,34392.52
Invalid votes10,7864.31
Blank votes7,9053.16
Total votes250,034100.00
Registered voters/turnout286,73987.20
Source: Government of Luxembourg

Government formation

On 9 October 2023 Grand Duke Henri appointed Luc Frieden as government formateur with the intention that Frieden would become the next Prime Minister. The CSV leader began negotiations with outgoing Prime Minister Xavier Bettel and his DP. Bettel expressed his willingness to participate in government, though not as Prime Minister.[17]

On 13 November Frieden announced a coalition agreement between the CSV and DP. Bettel led the DP's delegation to coalition negotiations, while the CSV delegation was led by party president Claude Wiseler.[18] Frieden stated that he expected to take office by the end of the week following the announcement.[19] The new cabinet was sworn in by the Grand Duke and Frieden assumed the office of Prime Minister on 17 November.[20]

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