1931 Luxembourg general election explained

Country:Luxembourg
Previous Election:1928
Next Election:1934
Election Date:7 June 1931
Election Name:1931 Luxembourg general election
Seats For Election:27 out of 54 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
Majority Seats:28
Party1:Party of the Right
Leader1:Joseph Bech
Percentage1:44.94
Seats1:26
Last Election1:24
Party2:Socialist Workers' Party
Percentage2:19.83
Seats2:15
Last Election2:12
Party3:Radical Socialist Party
Percentage3:10.11
Seats3:4
Last Election3:6
Party4:RP (Marcel Cahen)
Colour4:
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Leader4:Marcel Cahen
Percentage4:8.49
Seats4:2
Last Election4:1
Party5:PACM
Leader5:Eugène Hoffmann
Percentage5:5.99
Seats5:2
Last Election5:new
Party6:Independent Party
Leader6:Hubert Loutsch
Percentage6:5.23
Seats6:2
Last Election6:2
Party7:PDPN
Leader7:Nicholas Mathieu
Percentage7:4.60
Seats7:1
Last Election7:new
Party8:Independent Left
Percentage8:
Seats8:2
Last Election8:2
Prime Minister
Before Election:Joseph Bech
Before Party:Party of the Right
After Election:Joseph Bech
After Party: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]

Results

By constituency

ConstituencySeatsTurnoutPartyVotesSeats
won
Centre1439,154Party of the Right185,1446
Workers' Party115,8823
Radical Socialist Party78,4642
Radical Party58,1602
Independent Party40,5691
Communist Party6,2640
Nord1130,344Party of the Right163,5087
Party of Farmers and the Middle Class46,4462
Workers' Party37,9231
Progressive Democratic Party of the North35,7021
Radical Party7,7010
Sud244,846Workers' Party35,9441
Party of the Right30,6371
Radical Socialist Party10,8830
Communist Party4,5430
Source: Luxemburger Wort, Luxemburger Wort

Notes and References

  1. [Dieter Nohlen]
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1261