1918 Luxembourg Constitutional Assembly election
Indirect Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Luxembourg on 28 July and 4 August 1918.[1] The Party of the Right emerged as the largest party, winning 23 of the 53 seats.[2] The Assembly was tasked with revising the constitution to democratise the country's political structure.[1] The amendments were promulgated on 15 May 1919, introducing proportional representation and the option of holding referendums.[1]
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Results
| Party | First round | Second round | Total seats | ||||
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| Votes | %[a] | Seats | Votes | %[a] | Seats | ||
| Party of the Right | 33,715 | 40.4 | 20 | 13,641 | 26.3 | 3 | 23 |
| Liberal League | 51,476 | 30.5 | 4 | 28,451 | 39.0 | 6 | 10 |
| Socialist Party | 42,728 | 15.2 | 8 | 14,327 | 19.1 | 4 | 12 |
| Independent People's Party | 17,850 | 4.8 | 3 | 5,455 | 7.4 | 2 | 5 |
| Independent National Party | 2,398 | 3.2 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Independents | 10,886 | 5.8 | 0 | 3,250 | 8.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 159,093 | 100 | 37 | 65,394 | 100 | 16 | 53 |
| Valid votes | 28,420 | 98.7 | |||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 363 | 1.3 | |||||
| Total | 28,783 | 100 | 17,032 | 100 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 21,662 | 78.6 | |||||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Luxemburger Wort, Luxemburger Wort | |||||||
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.
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1234 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- Nohlen & Stöver, p1253
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