1948 Luxembourg general election

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6 June 1948

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26 out of 51 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
26 seats needed for a majority

	Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
LSAP	Michel Rasquin	41.46	15	+4
CSV	Émile Reuter	33.30	22	−3
KPL		16.86	5	0
PDG	Lucien Dury	8.38	9	0

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 6 June 1948, electing 26 of the 51 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the centre and north of the country. The Christian Social People's Party won 9 of the 26 seats, reducing its total number of seats from 25 to 22.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Not up	Elected	Total	+/–
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	481,755	41.46	5	10	15	+4
	Christian Social People's Party	386,972	33.30	13	9	22	–3
	Communist Party of Luxembourg	195,956	16.86	1	4	5	0
	Patriotic and Democratic Group	97,415	8.38	6	3	9	0
Total		1,162,098	100.00	25	26	51	0

Valid votes		73,674	94.58
Invalid/blank votes		4,221	5.42
Total votes		77,895	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		84,724	91.94
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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