1951 Luxembourg general election

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3 June 1951

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26 of the 52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
27 seats needed for a majority

	Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
CSV	Émile Reuter	40.57	21	−1
LSAP	Michel Rasquin	35.48	19	+4
PDG	Lucien Dury	20.55	8	−1
KPL		3.40	4	−1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Pierre Dupong CSV	Pierre Dupong CSV

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Partial general elections were held in Luxembourg on 3 June 1951, electing 26 of the 52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the south and east of the country. The Christian Social People's Party won 12 of the 26 seats, but saw its total number of seats fall from 22 to 21. The elections led to the formation of the coalition Dupong-Bodson Ministry between the Christian Social People's Party and the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Not up	Elected	Total	+/–
	Christian Social People's Party	425,545	40.57	9	12	21	–1
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	372,177	35.48	10	9	19	+4
	Patriotic and Democratic Group	215,511	20.55	3	5	8	–1
	Communist Party of Luxembourg	35,662	3.40	4	0	4	–1
Total		1,048,895	100.00	26	26	52	+1

Valid votes		79,662	95.27
Invalid/blank votes		3,951	4.73
Total votes		83,613	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		92,110	90.78
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

References

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1261

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