1951 Luxembourg general election
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]
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Results
Party | Votes | %[a] | Seats | |||
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Elected | New total | +/– | ||||
Christian Social People's Party | 425,545 | 42.1 | 12 | 21 | –1 | |
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party | 372,177 | 33.8 | 9 | 19 | +4 | |
Patriotic and Democratic Group | 215,511 | 20.9 | 5 | 8 | –1 | |
Communist Party of Luxembourg | 35,662 | 3.2 | 0 | 4 | –1 | |
Invalid/blank votes | 3,951 | – | – | – | – | |
Total | 83,613 | 100 | 26 | 52 | +1 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 92,110 | 90.8 | – | – | – | |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
a The percentage of votes is not related to the number of votes in the table, as voters could cast more votes in some constituencies than others, and is instead calculated based on the proportion of votes received in each constituency.[3]
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1261
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1254
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