1931 Luxembourg general election

Partial general elections were held in Luxembourg on 7 June 1931, electing 25 of the 54 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the centre and north of the country, as well as two seats in the south.[1][2] The Party of the Right won 14 of the 27 seats, and saw its total number of seats rise from 24 to 26.[2]

1931 Luxembourg general election

7 June 1931
27 out of 54 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 28 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ± Party of the Right Joseph Bech 46.0 26 +2 LA 19.2 15 +3 Radical Socialist Party 9.2 4 +2 RP (Marcel Cahen) Marcel Cahen 7.9 2 +1 PACM Eugène Hoffmann 6.9 2 New Independent Party Hubert Loutsch 4.7 2 0 PDPN Nicholas Mathieu 5.3 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Joseph Bech Party of the Right Joseph Bech Party of the Right

Results

Summary

Party	Votes	%^[a]	Seats
			Elected	New total	+/–
Party of the Right	348,652	46.0	14	26	+2
Luxembourg Workers' Party	153,805	19.2	5	15	+3
Radical Socialist Party	78,464	9.2	2	4	–2
Radical Party (Marcel Cahen)	65,861	7.9	2	2	+1
Party of Farmers and the Middle Class	46,446	6.9	2	2	New
Progressive Democratic Party of the North	35,702	5.3	1	1	New
Independent Party	40,569	4.7	1	2	0
Communist Party of Luxembourg	6,264	0.7	0	0	New
Independent Left	–	–	–	2	0
Invalid/blank votes	3,878	–	–	–	–
Total	69,498	100	27	54	+2
Registered voters/turnout			–	–	–
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]

By constituency

Constituency	Seats	Turnout	Party		Votes	Seats won
Centre	14	39,154		Party of the Right	185,144	6
				Workers' Party	115,882	3
				Radical Socialist Party	78,464	2
				Radical Party	58,160	2
				Independent Party	40,569	1
				Communist Party	6,264	0
Nord	11	30,344		Party of the Right	163,508	7
				Party of Farmers and the Middle Class	46,446	2
				Workers' Party	37,923	1
				Progressive Democratic Party of the North	35,702	1
				Radical Party	7,701	0
Sud	2	44,846		Workers' Party	35,944	1
				Party of the Right	30,637	1
				Radical Socialist Party	10,883	0
				Communist Party	4,543	0
Sources: Luxemburger Wort, 9 June 1931 Luxemburger Wort, 11 June 1931

References

1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1261
3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1254