1934 Luxembourg general election
Partial general elections were held in Luxembourg on 3 June 1934, electing 29 of the 54 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the south and east of the country.[1][2] The Party of the Right won 12 of the 29 seats, but saw its total number of seats fall from 26 to 25.[2]
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The Communist Party of Luxembourg won its first seat, but it was later invalidated by a vote in the Chamber of Deputies. Its seat was given instead to the Luxembourg Workers' Party, who had voted against its expulsion.[2]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
| Not up | Elected | Total | +/– | |||||
| Party of the Right | 407,838 | 37.00 | 13 | 12 | 25 | –1 | ||
| Luxembourg Workers' Party | 404,729 | 36.71 | 4 | 10 | 14 | –1 | ||
| Radical Liberal Party | 141,695 | 12.85 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Communist Party of Luxembourg | 70,940 | 6.44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | ||
| Party of Independents of the East | 50,707 | 4.60 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | ||
| Independents | 25,694 | 2.33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | ||
| Middle Class Party | 793 | 0.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
| Party of Farmers and the Middle Class | 2 | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Progressive Democratic Party of the North | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 1,102,396 | 100.00 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 66,416 | 95.39 | ||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 3,207 | 4.61 | ||||||
| Total votes | 69,623 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Luxemburger Wort | ||||||||
By constituency
| Constituency | Seats | Turnout | Party | Votes | Seats won | |
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| Est | 7 | 49,491 | Party of the Right | 77,560 | 4 | |
| Party of Independents of the East | 58,160 | 2 | ||||
| Sud | 22 | Workers' Party | 404,729 | 10 | ||
| Party of the Right | 330,278 | 8 | ||||
| Radical Liberal Party | 141,695 | 3 | ||||
| Communist Party | 70,940 | 1 | ||||
| Independents | 25,694 | 0 | ||||
| Middle Class Party | 793 | 0 | ||||
| Source: Luxemburger Wort, Luxemburger Wort | ||||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1261
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