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1919 Luxembourg general election

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Field	Value
country	Luxembourg
previous_election	[1918](1918-luxembourg-constitutional-assembly-election)
next_election	[1922](1922-luxembourg-general-election)
election_date	26 October 1919
election_name	1919 Luxembourg general election
seats_for_election	48 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
majority_seats	24
ongoing	no
party1	Party of the Right
colour1
leader1	Émile Reuter
percentage1	49.72
seats1	27
last_election1	23
party2	Socialist Party
colour2
percentage2	17.57
seats2	8
last_election2	12
party3	Radical Party
colour3
percentage3	15.96
seats3	7
last_election3	10
party4	IPP
colour4
percentage4	6.83
seats4	2
last_election4	5
party5	PNI
colour5
leader5	Pierre Prüm
percentage5	6.24
seats5	3
last_election5	2
party6	Cartel
colour6	#00FFFF
leader6	Othon Decker
percentage6	1.67
seats6	1
last_election6	new
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Émile Reuter
before_party	Party of the Right
after_election	Émile Reuter
after_party	Party of the Right

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 26 October 1919. They were the first held after several constitutional amendments were passed on 15 May of the same year. The reforms had introduced universal suffrage and proportional representation, increased the electorate from 6% of the population to 42%, and vested national sovereignty in the people, as opposed to the Grand Duke. They were also the first elections held after the German occupation during World War I.

The election saw the beginning of conservative dominance of Luxembourgish politics, ending seventy years of liberal dominance that had begun to crumble after the death of Paul Eyschen. With the constitutional reforms and the birth of the modern political order, the elections are considered the first in the modern political history of Luxembourg.

Results

The election was an overwhelming victory for the Party of the Right, led by Émile Reuter, the sitting Prime Minister. The 1919 general election was the only occasion in Luxembourgish history on which a party has held more than 50% of the seats (although it was repeated in the partial election of 1922). Reuter would maintain a coalition with the Liberal League (which ran under the name "Radical Party") for another two years, before forming the first single-party cabinet on 15 April 1921.

By constituency

Constituency	Seats	Turnout	Party	Votes	Seats
won
Centre	13		Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	180,545
Liberal League (Luxembourg)}}"		Radical Party	121,598	4
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}		Socialist Party	83,151	3
	Independent People's Party	13,490	0
Est	7	19,054	Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	90,252
	Cartel	22,057	1
	Independent People's Party	7,790	0
Nord	12	29,990	Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}		Party of the Right	211,159
Independent National Party (Luxembourg)}}		Independent National Party	82,297	3
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}		Socialist Party	29,546	1
	Independent People's Party	3,949	0
Sud	16		Party of the Right (Luxembourg)}}"		Party of the Right	173,739
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party}}		Socialist Party	118,975	4
Liberal League (Luxembourg)}}"		Radical Party	88,852	3
	Independent People's Party	64,847	2
Independent (politician)}}		Emile Mark List	14,055	0
Independent (politician)}}		Independent Workers' Party	11,354	0
Independent (politician)}}		J Kayser List	1,084	0
Source: [Luxemburger Wort](https://web.archive.org/web/20201009050537/http://www.eluxemburgensia.lu/BnlViewer/view/index.html?lang=fr#panel:paissue:1165756article:DTL30), [Luxemburger Wort](https://web.archive.org/web/20201009050537/http://www.eluxemburgensia.lu/BnlViewer/view/index.html?lang=fr#panel:paissue:1166030article:DTL39)

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1234 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
Thewes, Guy. (July 2003). "Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848". Service Information et Presse.
"Luxembourg". [[University of Tampere]].
Thewes (2003), p. 78
Thewes (2003), p. 77

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