Chamber election 1959

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 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

38.9

33.0

20.3

7.2

CSV

LSAP

DP

KPL

Gains and losses

compared to

 % p

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-6.3

+0.2

+8.0

-0.1

CSV

LSAP

DP

KPL

3

17th

11

21st

3 17th 11 21st 

A total of 52 seats

• KPL : 3
• LSAP : 17
• DP : 11
• CSV : 21

The early election of a chamber in 1959 to determine the members of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies took place on February 1, 1959.

Starting position

The CSV / LSAP coalition, which had existed since 1951, was continued after the 1954 chamber election . As Prime Minister, Pierre Frieden replaced Joseph Bech (both CSV) in 1958 . After the chamber passed a resolution against the LSAP ministers in connection with a corruption affair on December 9, 1958, the latter resigned, as did the other members of the government. On December 18, 1958, the chamber was dissolved.

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													188.286
Voters	67,411			19.903			55,779			30.43			173.836	92.33
Valid ballot papers	64,330	95.4		18,913	95.0		52,773	94.6		29,580	96.2		165,596	95.26
Valid votes	1,229,200			108,893			810.402			281.501			2,429,996
Total seats			20th			6th			16			10				52
CSV	405.185	33.0	7th	54,031	49.6	3	304.064	37.5	6th	133,560	47.4	5	896.840	36.91	38.90	21st
LSAP	493.911	40.2	8th	23,560	21.6	1	250.024	30.9	5	81,028	28.8	3	848,523	34.92	33.05	17th
DP	126.001	10.3	2	31,302	28.7	2	224.171	27.7	5	66,913	23.8	2	448,387	18.45	20.34	11
KPL	188.282	15.3	3				32,143	4.0					220.425	9.07	7.21	3
Solidarité Nationale	15,821	1.3											15,821	0.65	0.50

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

The CSV lost significantly, while the DP increased significantly. The socialists and communists remained stable.

Government formation

Prime Minister Pierre Frieden refused the mandate to form a government for health reasons and died on February 23, 1959. The new Prime Minister was Pierre Werner (CSV), whose coalition cabinet consisting of CSV and DP was sworn in on March 2, 1959.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ismayr (Ed.) The Political Systems of Western Europe, 1st edition 1997, p. 386
2. ↑ Luxembourg Government: Bulletin de documentation 11-12 / 1958 , page 15
3. ↑ ^{a b} Luxembourg Government: Bulletin de documentation 2-3 / 1959