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1945 Luxembourg general election

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countryLuxembourg
previous_election[1937](1937-luxembourg-general-election)
next_election[1948](1948-luxembourg-general-election)
election_date21 October 1945
election_name1945 Luxembourg general election
seats_for_election51 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
majority_seats26
first_electionyes
ongoingno
party1Christian Social People's Party
leader1Émile Reuter
percentage141.41
seats125
party2Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party
leader2Michel Rasquin
percentage225.97
seats211
party3PDG
colour3
percentage316.74
seats39
party4Communist Party of Luxembourg
percentage413.49
seats45
party5Party of Independents of the East
leader5Othon Decker
percentage50.64
seats51
mapLuxembourg election map 1945 EN.png
map_captionResults by commune
map_size220
titlePrime Minister
before_electionPierre Dupong
before_partyCSV
after_electionPierre Dupong
after_partyCSV

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 21 October 1945. They were the first elections held after the German occupation during World War II. As a result of the war, the political alliances of the interwar period had been ended. In their place were new parties; the Christian Social People's Party, the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, and the Patriotic and Democratic Group in place of the Party of the Right, Socialist Party, and Radical Liberal Party respectively. It is regarded as a realigning election, as the election established the party political order, with four established parties, that would be maintained until 1974.

The conservatives remained the dominant faction, and the Christian Social People's Party's leader, Pierre Dupong, was invited to head another government. The election was also a success for both liberal and communist candidates, with both the Patriotic and Democratic Group and the Communist Party gaining four more seats than in the last election before the war. To restore political stability, Grand Duchess Charlotte asked Dupong to create a more broad-based coalition than the preceding Liberation Government. The resulting National Union Government would embrace all four political parties, and also include the solitary independent, guaranteeing the support of the whole Chamber of Deputies. The government remained in place until 1947.

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  1. [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1244 {{ISBN. 978-3-8329-5609-7
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