Country: | Luxembourg |
Previous Election: | 1948 |
Next Election: | 1954 |
Election Date: | 3 June 1951 |
Election Name: | 1951 Luxembourg general election |
Seats For Election: | 26 of the 52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies |
Majority Seats: | 27 |
Party1: | Christian Social People's Party |
Leader1: | Émile Reuter |
Percentage1: | 40.57 |
Seats1: | 21 |
Last Election1: | 22 |
Party2: | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party |
Leader2: | Michel Rasquin |
Percentage2: | 35.48 |
Seats2: | 19 |
Last Election2: | 15 |
Party3: | PDG |
Leader3: | Lucien Dury |
Percentage3: | 20.55 |
Seats3: | 8 |
Last Election3: | 9 |
Party4: | Communist Party of Luxembourg |
Percentage4: | 3.40 |
Seats4: | 4 |
Last Election4: | 5 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Pierre Dupong |
Before Party: | CSV |
After Election: | Pierre Dupong |
After Party: | CSV |
Partial general elections were held in Luxembourg on 3 June 1951, electing 26 of the 52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the south and east of the country.[1] [2] The Christian Social People's Party won 12 of the 26 seats, but saw its total number of seats fall from 22 to 21.[2] The elections led to the formation of the coalition Dupong-Bodson Ministry between the Christian Social People's Party and the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party.