Chamber election 1954

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50

40

30th

20th

10

0

45.2

32.8

12.3

7.3

2.3

CSV

LSAP

DP

KPL

PCM

Gains and losses

compared to

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+5.8

-2.9

-4.1

-1.2

+2.3

CSV

LSAP

DP

KPL

PCM

3

17th

6th

26th

3 17th 6th 26th 

A total of 52 seats

• KPL : 3
• LSAP : 17
• DP : 6
• CSV : 26

The 1954 chamber election to determine the members of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies took place on May 30, 1954.

Starting position, electoral period

A CSV / LSAP coalition had existed since 1951 . In December 1953 Joseph Bech (CSV), who was Prime Minister from 1926 to 1937, was again Prime Minister in place of the late Pierre Dupong .

Until 1956, the constitution provided for a six-year electoral term and a three-year semi-renewal. Therefore, in the chamber elections in 1948 only in the electoral districts south and east and in the chamber election in 1951 only in the electoral districts center and north. In 1954 the Chamber of Deputies decided to revise some constitutional articles, which legally resulted in the dissolution of the Chamber and a new election throughout the country. By means of a constitutional law of July 27, 1956, the half-renewal of the Chamber was abolished, the electoral term was shortened to five years and, as a transitional provision, the electoral term of the members elected in 1954 was set to 1959. Since 1954, there has been an overall renewal of the Chamber of Deputies with every election.

Suffrage

→ Main article : Chambre des Députés (Luxembourg)

The seats are distributed proportionally within four constituencies using the D'Hondt procedure .

Result

Each voter had as many votes as there were elected representatives in the constituency. The results of the individual constituencies:

	South constituency			East constituency			Electoral District Center			North constituency			Luxembourg as a whole
	number	%	Seats	number	%	Seats	number	%	Seats	number	%	Seats	number	% Un- weighted	% Overall weighted *	Seats
Eligible voters													183,590
Voters	64.160			20,523			53,675			31,734			170.092	92.65
Valid ballot papers	61,136	95.3		19,480	94.9		50,914	94.9		30.506	96.1		162.036	95.26
Valid votes	1,177,081			112,437			787.349			291,650			2,368,517
Total seats			20th			6th			16			10				52
CSV	430.297	36.6	8th	62,987	56.0	4th	333.085	42.3	7th	177.087	60.7	7th	1,003,456	42.37	45.23	26th
LSAP	470.845	40.0	8th	23,077	20.5	1	265,337	33.7	6th	72,577	24.9	2	831.836	35.12	32.85	17th
Groupement Démocratique	56.214	4.8	1	24,529	21.8	1	137.158	17.4	3	37,621	12.9	1	255.522	10.79	12.33	6th
KPL	177,747	15.1	3	1,844	1.6		27,165	3.5		4,365	1.5		211.121	8.91	7.26	3
Parti des Classes Moyennes	41,978	3.6					24,604	3.1					66,582	2.81	2.33

^* Share of votes taking into account the different numbers of votes per voter in the individual electoral districts

The CSV won half of the seats, its best result ever, while all other parties in parliament lost one or two seats. The CSV / LSAP coalition continued. Prime Minister remained Joseph Bech, who was replaced by Pierre Frieden in 1958 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ismayr (Ed.) The Political Systems of Western Europe, 1st edition 1997, p. 386
2. ^ ^{A b} Luxembourg government: Bulletin d'information n ° 5-6-7 de l'année 1954 couvrant la période du 01/05/1954 au 31/07/1954
3. ↑ Loi du 27 June 1956 portant révision de l'article 56 de la Constitution