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1919 Luxembourg general election
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48 seats in the
Chamber of Deputies
24 seats needed for a majority
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in
Luxembourg
on 26 October 1919.
[1]
They were the first held after several
constitutional amendments
were passed on 15 May of the same year.
[2]
The reforms had introduced
universal suffrage
and
proportional representation
, increased the electorate from 6% of the population to 42%,
[3]
and vested national
sovereignty
in the people, as opposed to the
Grand Duke
. They were also the first elections held after the
German occupation during World War I
.
The election saw the beginning of
conservative
dominance of Luxembourgish politics, ending seventy years of
liberal
dominance that had begun to crumble after the death of
Paul Eyschen
. With the constitutional reforms and the birth of the modern political order, the elections are considered the first in the modern political history of Luxembourg.
Results
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The election was an overwhelming victory for the
Party of the Right
, led by
Emile Reuter
, the sitting
Prime Minister
. The 1919 general election was the only occasion in Luxembourgian history on which a party has held more than 50% of the seats (although it was repeated in the partial election of
1922
).
[4]
Reuter would maintain a coalition with the
Liberal League
(which ran under the name "Radical Party") for another two years, before forming the first single-party
cabinet
on 15 April 1921.
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Party
| Votes
| %
| Seats
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| Party of the Right
| 655,695
| 49.72
| 27
| 4
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| Socialist Party
| 231,672
| 17.57
| 8
| ?4
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| Radical Party
| 210,450
| 15.96
| 7
| ?3
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| Independent People's Party
| 90,076
| 6.83
| 2
| ?3
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| Independent National Party
| 82,297
| 6.24
| 3
| +1
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| Cartel
| 22,057
| 1.67
| 1
| New
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| Emile Mark List
| 14,055
| 1.07
| 0
| New
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| Independent Workers' Party
| 11,354
| 0.86
| 0
| New
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| J Kayser List
| 1,084
| 0.08
| 0
| New
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Total
| 1,318,740
| 100.00
| 48
| ?5
|
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Registered voters/turnout
| 126,194
| ?
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Source: Nohlen & Stover
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By constituency
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Constituency
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Seats
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Turnout
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Party
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Votes
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Seats
won
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Centre
|
13
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Party of the Right
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180,545
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6
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Radical Party
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121,598
|
4
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Socialist Party
|
83,151
|
3
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Independent People's Party
|
13,490
|
0
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Est
|
7
|
19,054
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Party of the Right
|
90,252
|
6
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Cartel
|
22,057
|
1
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Independent People's Party
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7,790
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0
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Nord
|
12
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29,990
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Party of the Right
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211,159
|
8
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Independent National Party
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82,297
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3
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Socialist Party
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29,546
|
1
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Independent People's Party
|
3,949
|
0
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Sud
|
16
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Party of the Right
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173,739
|
7
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Socialist Party
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118,975
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4
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Radical Party
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88,852
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3
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Independent People's Party
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64,847
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2
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Emile Mark List
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14,055
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0
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Independent Workers' Party
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11,354
|
0
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J Kayser List
|
1,084
|
0
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Source:
Luxemburger Wort
,
Luxemburger Wort
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