Luxembourg general election, 1948

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Partial general elections were held in Luxembourg on 6 June 1948, electing 26 of the 51 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the centre and north of the country.^[1]^[2] The Christian Social People's Party won 9 of the 26 seats, reducing its total number of seats from 25 to 22.^[2]

Results

Party	Votes	%^[a]	Seats
Party	Votes	%^[a]	Elected	New total	+/–
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	481,755	37.8	10	15	+4
Christian Social People's Party	386,972	36.3	9	22	–3
Communist Party of Luxembourg	195,956	14.3	4	5	0
Patriotic and Democratic Group	97,415	11.6	3	9	0
Invalid/blank votes	4,221	–	–	–	–
Total	77,895	100	26	51	0
Registered voters/turnout	84,724	91.9	–	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a The percentage of votes is not related to the number of votes in the table, as voters could cast more votes in some constituencies than others, and is instead calculated based on the proportion of votes received in each constituency.^[3]

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
1 2 Nohlen & Stöver, p1261
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1254

Elections and referendums in Luxembourg

General elections	1848 (Apr) 1848 (Sep) 1915 1918 1919 1922* 1925 1928* 1931* 1934* 1937* 1945 1948* 1951* 1954 1959 1964 1968 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2013

Communal elections	1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017

European elections	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Referendums	1919 1937 2005 2015

* Partial elections.

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