1854 Luxembourg general election

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General elections were held in Luxembourg on 14 June 1854, electing members of the Chamber of Deputies from all the cantons of Luxembourg.^[1]^[2]

Background

The elections were held in the entire country. Partial general elections had already been due to happen in 1854; under the electoral system at the time, Deputies were elected to six-year terms, with elections held every three years, renewing half the Chamber's membership at a time. The last partial general election was in 1851.

On 15 May 1854 however, the Simons government prematurely dissolved the Chamber, and organised elections to renew its entire membership for 14 June. This dissolution was due to conflict between the executive and the legislature.^[3]

Results

Successful candidates are marked in bold

Canton	Seats	Candidate	First round	Second round
Canton	Seats	Candidate	Votes	Votes
Luxembourg		Eugène Fischer^[a]	1105
		Théodore Pescatore^[a]	1088
		Dominique Stiff^[a]	1013
		Augustin Lampach^[a]	971
		Michel Jonas^[a]	940
		Norbert Metz^[a]	835
		Édouard Aschmann^[a]	779
		Auguste Fischer^[a]	745
		Mathias Hertert^[a]	686
		Valentin Wahl^[a]	676

		Turnout	1200

Diekirch		Joseph Tschiederer
		Jean Juttel
		Chrétien Mersch
		Charles Faber
		Jean Angelsberg
		Ulrich

		Turnout		-

Echternach		Michel Witry
		Jean-Pierre Föhr
		Nicolas Arendt
		Mathias Hardt

		Turnout	-

Grevenmacher		Antoine Pescatore
		Mathias Wawer
		Jean-Pierre Klein
		Pierre Müller-Walse
		Joseph Ritter
		Auguste Metz
		Schorn
		Knaff

		Turnout

Remich		Gustave Lessel
		Willibrord Macher
		Joseph-Chrétien Gretsch
		Jacques Diederich

		Turnout

Wiltz		Charles Mathieu
		Jacques Bernard
		Michel Frères
		Édouard Thilges
		Michel Fallis

		Turnout
Clervaux		Jean-Pierre Toutsch
		Lucien Richard
		Bernard Neumann
		Charles-Gérard Eyschen

		Turnout
Esch-sur-Alzette		Victor de Tornaco
		Auguste Collart
		Théodore De Wacquant
		Nicolas Schmit
		Jean Steichen
		Graas
		Hemmer

		Turnout
Mersch		Michel Clément
		Henri Witry
		Jean-Pierre Hoffmann
		Jean-Pierre Heuardt

		Turnout
Redange		Nicolas Schröder
		Rénilde-Guillaume Jacques
		Charles Bassing
		Nicolas Hippert

		Turnout
Capellen		Charles Collart^[a]
		Jean-Baptiste-Henri-Melchior Funck^[a]
		Jean-Guillaume Kremer^[a]
		Dominique Elter^[b]
		Thibesart

		Turnout
Vianden		Jean Daleyden

		Turnout

Analysis

In Luxembourg canton, the entire list of candidates supported by the democratic-liberal anti-Simons Courrier du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg was elected with a large majority; in Mersch, 3 of the 4 successful candidates were on the Courrier's list.^[2]

Notwithstanding the results in these two cantons, the elections were generally seen as a win for the pro-Simons government, reactionary side, over those supporting the 1848 Constitution and democratic rights; the Courrier stated "in several cantons, the reactionary candidates prevailed over the constitutional candidates and the old majority is seriously affected."^[4] The Chamber could now be expected to support the government.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Elected after the first round
^ Elected after the second round

References

^ "Elections du 14 juin". Courrier du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (in French). 17 June 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ausfall der Wahlen". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 16 June 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
^ "Die Auflösung der Kammer". Wächter an der Sauer (in German). 24 May 1854. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^ "Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. Luxembourg, 17 juin". Courrier du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (in French). 17 June 1854. p. 1. Retrieved 17 January 2024.

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