2023 Luxembourg general election
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All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 31 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 87.20% ( 2.46pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Luxembourg on 8 October 2023 to elect all 60 seats of the Chamber of Deputies.[1][2][3]
The incumbent Bettel II Government was a coalition of the Democratic Party (DP), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) and The Greens.
Electoral system
The 60 members of the
Hagenbach-Bischoff quota.[4]
Only
Luxembourgish citizens may vote in general elections. A proposal to extend voting rights to foreigners who have lived in Luxembourg for at least ten years and have previously voted in a European or local election in Luxembourg, was rejected in a 2015 referendum. Voting is mandatory for eligible Luxembourg citizens who live in Luxembourg and are under 75 years of age.[5] Luxembourg citizens who live abroad may vote by post at the commune in which they most recently lived in Luxembourg.[6] Luxembourg citizens who were born in Luxembourg but have never lived there may vote by post at the commune in which they were born.[6] Luxembourg citizens who were not born in Luxembourg and have never lived there may vote by post at the commune of Luxembourg City.[6]
Parties
List No. |
Name | Abbr. | Lead candidate |
Ideology | Political position |
Last election | Notes[7] | ||
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% | Seats | ||||||||
1 | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Aarbechterpartei |
LSAP | Paulette Lenert[8] | Social democracy | Centre-left
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17.60 | 10 / 60
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2 | Democratic Party Demokratesch Partei |
DP | Xavier Bettel | Liberalism | centre-right
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16.91 | 12 / 60
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3 | The Greens Déi Gréng |
DG | Sam Tanson | Green politics | Centre-left
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15.12 | 9 / 60
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4 | Christian Social People's Party Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei |
CSV | Luc Frieden[9] | Christian democracy | centre-right
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28.31 | 21 / 60
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5 | The Left Déi Lénk |
DL | David Wagner | Democratic socialism | Left-wing | 5.48 | 2 / 60
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6 | Alternative Democratic Reform Party Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei |
ADR | Fred Keup | National conservatism | Right-wing to far-right | 8.28 | 4 / 60
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7 | Pirate Party Luxembourg Piratepartei Lëtzebuerg |
PPLU | Sven Clement | Pirate politics
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6.45 | 2 / 60
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9[10] | Focus Fokus |
FOK | Frank Engel[11] | Pragmatism | Centre | New | |||
10 | Volt Luxembourg Volt Lëtzebuerg |
VOLT | None[12] | European federalism
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centre-left
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New | Only presenting lists in the South and East constituencies | ||
11 | Communist Party of Luxembourg Kommunistesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg |
KPL | Ali Ruckert | Communism | Far-left
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1.27 | 0 / 60
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Only presenting lists in the South, East and Centre constituencies | |
12 | Liberté - Fräiheet! Liberté - Fräiheet! |
LF | Roy Reding | Right-wing populism | Right-wing to far-right | New | |||
13 | The Conservatives Déi Konservativ |
DK | Joe Thein | Conservatism | Centre-right to right-wing | 0.27 | 0 / 60
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Only presenting lists in the South and North constituencies |
Opinion polls
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Voting intention
Fieldwork date | Polling firm | CSV | LSAP | DP | DG | ADR | PPLU | DL | KPL | Dem. | DK | Volt | Fokus |
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7–16 Aug 2023 | ILRES | 28.3% | 19.8% | 17.4% | 10.7% | 6.9% | 9.9% | 5% | 0.4% | – | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
11 Jun 2023 | Municipal elections [13][14] | 26.06% | 21.30% | 20.64% | 12.69% | 3.22% | 3.98% | 3.22% | 0.40% | – | 0.18% | – | 0.84% |
23 Mar − 6 Apr 2023 | TNS | 27.1% | 17.9% | 17.1% | 12.8% | 7.5% | 10.0% | 4.3% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 2.0% |
14−28 Nov 2022 | TNS | 23.3% | 20.7% | 18.4% | 12.1% | 7.7% | 9.6% | 5.8% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.5% |
24 May − 7 Jun 2022 | TNS | 23.0% | 18.0% | 18.1% | 13.7% | 7.6% | 9.7% | 5.6% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 2.9% |
11−19 Nov 2021 | TNS | 21.6% | 20.2% | 16.2% | 12.4% | 11.3% | 11.1% | 5.0% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.3% | – |
9−21 Jun 2021 | TNS | 24.6% | 17.8% | 19.3% | 13.4% | 7.6% | 8.0% | 7.0% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.5% | – |
10–24 Nov 2020 | TNS | 25.7% | 19.8% | 19.9% | 11.5% | 9.6% | 5.9% | 5.8% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | – |
4–24 Jun 2020 | TNS | 27.5% | 16.4% | 20.6% | 13.4% | 8.2% | 4.8% | 7.3% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | – | – |
14–23 Nov 2019 | TNS | 30.1% | 15.0% | 16.6% | 15.9% | 10.4% | 5.4% | 5.5% | 0.8% | 0.1% | 0.2% | – | – |
14 Oct 2018 | Election [15] | 28.31% | 17.60% | 16.91% | 15.12% | 8.28% | 6.45% | 5.48% | 1.27% | 0.29% | 0.27% | – | – |
Seat projections
Fieldwork date | Polling firm | CSV | DP | LSAP | DG | ADR | PPLU | DL | Gov. |
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7–16 Aug 2023 | ILRES | 19 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 31 |
23 Mar − 6 Apr 2023 | TNS | 17 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
14−28 Nov 2022 | TNS | 15 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 33 |
24 May − 7 Jun 2022 | TNS | 16 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 32 |
11−19 Nov 2021 | TNS | 15 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 29 |
9−21 Jun 2021 | TNS | 17 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 32 |
10–24 Nov 2020 | TNS | 17 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 34 |
4–24 Jun 2020 | TNS | 19 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 33 |
14–23 Dec 2019 | TNS | 20 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
14 Oct 2018 | Election [16] | 21 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 31 |
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Christian Social People's Party | 1,099,536 | 29.22 | 21 | 0 | |
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party | 711,876 | 18.92 | 11 | +1 | |
Democratic Party | 703,705 | 18.70 | 14 | +2 | |
Alternative Democratic Reform Party | 348,959 | 9.27 | 5 | +1 | |
The Greens | 321,899 | 8.55 | 4 | –5 | |
Pirate Party Luxembourg | 253,557 | 6.74 | 3 | +1 | |
The Left | 147,840 | 3.93 | 2 | 0 | |
Fokus | 93,832 | 2.49 | 0 | New | |
Liberté - Fräiheet! | 42,653 | 1.13 | 0 | New | |
Communist Party of Luxembourg | 24,044 | 0.64 | 0 | 0 | |
The Conservatives | 8,496 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
Volt Luxembourg | 7,003 | 0.19 | 0 | New | |
Total | 3,763,400 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 231,343 | 92.52 | |||
Invalid votes | 10,786 | 4.31 | |||
Blank votes | 7,905 | 3.16 | |||
Total votes | 250,034 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 286,739 | 87.20 | |||
Source: Government of Luxembourg |
Government formation
On 9 October 2023
government, though not as Prime Minister.[17]
On 13 November Frieden announced a coalition agreement between the CSV and DP. Bettel led the DP's delegation to coalition negotiations, while the CSV delegation was led by party president Claude Wiseler.[18] Frieden stated that he expected to take office by the end of the week following the announcement.[19] The new cabinet was sworn in by the Grand Duke and Frieden assumed the office of Prime Minister on 17 November.[20]
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- ^ List 8 was assigned to Mir d'Vollék, which contested the 2023 communal elections but not the general election.
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