1915 Luxembourg general election

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1915 Luxembourg general election - Wikipedia

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1915 Luxembourg general election

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23 December 1915

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52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
26 seats needed for a majority

Party	Leader	Vote %	Seats
Left Bloc		55.4	27
Party of the Right		26.5	25

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in Luxembourg on 23 December 1915.^[1] The Party of the Right emerged as the largest party, winning 25 of the 52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

Background

Earlier in the year Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde had appointed a right-wing minority government.^[1] However, the government was unable to function properly due to its lack of a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. Marie-Adélaïde then dissolved the Chamber and called new elections.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Left Bloc	92,302	55.43	27	–5
	Party of the Right	44,195	26.54	25	+5
	Independents	30,012	18.02	0	–
Total		166,509	100.00	52	0

Valid votes		30,133	99.15
Invalid/blank votes		257	0.85
Total votes		30,390	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		33,643	90.33
Source: Luxemburger Wort

By canton

Canton	Seats	Electorate	Turnout		Candidate	Votes
Capellen	3	2,027	1,887	Party of the Right	Pierre Dupong	963
				Left Bloc	Edouard Hemmer	962
				Party of the Right	Nicolas Wirtgen	954
				Party of the Right	Kirsch	931
				Left Bloc	Schmitz	915
				Left Bloc	Jeitz	840
Clervaux	3	1,995	1,758	Party of the Right	Pierre Prüm	1,244
				Party of the Right	J.-P. Jérôme Thinnes	1,236
				Party of the Right	Jean Theissen	1,124
				Left Bloc	Glesener	578
				Left Bloc	Bouvier	537
				Left Bloc	Hamelius	533
Diekirch	4	2,590	2,398	Party of the Right	Antoine Hansen	1,403
				Party of the Right	Matthias Jungers	1,231
				Party of the Right	Jean Gérard	1,226
				Party of the Right	Jean Pierre Schmit	1,225
				Left Bloc	Pemmers	1,063
				Left Bloc	Steichen	1,003
				Left Bloc	Wanderscheid	919
				Independent	Kellen	598
Echternach	3	1,573	1,448	Party of the Right	Matthias Huss	903
				Party of the Right	François Kries	826
				Party of the Right	Lamoral de Villers	733
				Left Bloc	Dondelinger	664
				Left Bloc	Decker	560
				Left Bloc	Huss	142
Esch-sur-Alzette	13	7,104	6,353	Left Bloc	Léon Metz	3,998
				Left Bloc	Albert Clemang	3,958
				Left Bloc	Charles Hoffmann	3,872
				Left Bloc	Charles Krombach	3,861
				Left Bloc	Auguste Flesch	3,840
				Left Bloc	Léon Metzer	3,825
				Left Bloc	Émile Mark	3,803
				Left Bloc	Edmond Müller	3,781
				Left Bloc	Aloyse Kayser	3,758
				Left Bloc	Jean-Pierre Michels	3,742
				Left Bloc	Jean Schortgen	3,698
				Left Bloc	Joseph Thorn	3,686
				Left Bloc	Michel Welter	3,555
				Independent	Dondelinger	2,644
				Independent	Auguste Collart	2,320
				Independent	Steichen	2,309
				Independent	Hausemer	2,245
				Independent	Klepper	2,227
				Independent	Théodore Noesen	2,221
				Independent	Gehrend	2,213
				Independent	Meintz	2,196
				Independent	Goedert	2,194
				Independent	Schiltz	2,180
				Independent	Mambourg	2,173
				Independent	Nicolas Müller	2,146
				Independent	Reimen	2,141
Grevenmacher	3	2,396	2,101	Party of the Right	François Altwies	1,292
				Party of the Right	Joseph Bech	1,203
				Party of the Right	Albert Dühr	1,202
				Left Bloc	Godart	955
Luxembourg-Ville	4	2,718	2,342	Left Bloc	Luc Housse	1,676
				Left Bloc	Léandre Lacroix	1,676
				Left Bloc	Robert Brasseur	1,662
				Left Bloc	Alphonse Munchen	1,614
				Party of the Right	Fettes	663
				Party of the Right	Lessel	635
				Party of the Right	de La Fontaine	616
Luxembourg-Campagne	8	5,374	4,879	Left Bloc	Maurice Pescatore	3,007
				Left Bloc	Norbert Le Gallais	2,869
				Left Bloc	Joseph Palgen	2,857
				Left Bloc	Léon Naval	2,836
				Left Bloc	Emile Bastian	2,830
				Left Bloc	Paul Koch	2,815
				Left Bloc	Jacques Gallé	2,806
				Left Bloc	Adolphe Schmit	2,728
				Party of the Right	Émile Reuter	2,028
				Party of the Right	Nicolas Philippe	1,915
				Party of the Right	Nicolas Mackel	1,910
				Party of the Right	Jean-Pierre Kohner	1,883
				Party of the Right	Gaston Diderich	1,816
				Party of the Right	Wagener	1,795
				Party of the Right	Berens	1,778
				Party of the Right	Warken	1,660
				Independent	Gehlen	158
				Independent	Christian Schmit	27
Mersch	2	1,733	1,626	Party of the Right	Jean-Pierre Ecker	855
				Party of the Right	Alphonse Eichhorn	850
				Left Bloc	Ludovicy	755
				Left Bloc	Erpelding	710
Redange	3	2,022	1,848	Party of the Right	Nicolas Klein	1,220
				Party of the Right	Eugène Hoffmann	1,209
				Party of the Right	Pierre Schiltz	1,187
				Left Bloc	Bian	723
Remich	2	1,858	1,655	Party of the Right	Joseph Faber	1,104
				Party of the Right	Théodore Flammang	1,083
				Left Bloc	Kohn	552
				Left Bloc	Greiveldinger	86
Vianden	1	376	376	Party of the Right	Théodore Klees	207
Vianden	1	376	376	Left Bloc	Sinner	166
Wiltz	3	1,877	1,719	Party of the Right	Nicolas Meyers	1,066
				Party of the Right	Michel Weynandy	1,019
				Left Bloc	Charles Mathieu	886
				Party of the Right	Neyens	859

Source: Luxemburger Wort

Aftermath

Although the Party of the Right increased their representation from 20 to 25 seats, they were still short of a majority. The Hubert Loutsch government lost a vote of confidence on 11 January 1916 and resigned. Marie-Adélaïde's interference in domestic politics was strongly criticised by left-wing parties, and was partially responsible for her being forced to abdicate in favour of Charlotte in 1919.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1233 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1234

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