1945 Luxembourg general election

none Luxembourg 1937 1948 21 October 1945 1945 Luxembourg general election 51 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 26 yes no Christian Social People's Party Émile Reuter 41.41 25 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Michel Rasquin 25.97 11 PDG Democratic Party (Luxembourg) 16.74 9 Communist Party of Luxembourg 13.49 5 Party of Independents of the East Othon Decker 0.64 1 Luxembourg election map 1945 EN.png Results by commune 220 Prime Minister Pierre Dupong CSV Pierre Dupong CSV General elections were held in Luxembourg on 21 October 1945.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 978-3-8329-5609-7 They were the first elections held after the German occupation during World War II. As a result of the war, the political alliances of the interwar period had been ended. In their place were new parties; the Christian Social People's Party, the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, and the Patriotic and Democratic Group in place of the Party of the Right, Socialist Party, and Radical Liberal Party respectively. It is regarded as a realigning election, as the election established the party political order, with four established parties, that would be maintained until 1974. The conservatives remained the dominant faction, and the Christian Social People's Party's leader, Pierre Dupong, was invited to head another government. The election was also a success for both liberal and communist candidates, with both the Patriotic and Democratic Group and the Communist Party gaining four more seats than in the last election before the war.Although the Patriotic and Democratic Group was a new party, they won four more than their ideological predecessors, the Radical Liberals, had in 1937. To restore political stability, Grand Duchess Charlotte asked Dupong to create a more broad-based coalition than the preceding Liberation Government. The resulting National Union Government would embrace all four political parties, and also include the solitary independent, guaranteeing the support of the whole Chamber of Deputies. The government remained in place until 1947. Results File:1945 Luxembourg election.svg Christian Social People's Party 907601 25 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 569025 11 Patriotic and Democratic Group 366860 9 Communist Party of Luxembourg 295701 5 Liberal Party 36321 0 Party of Independents of the East 13977 1 Schummer Party 2015 0 153596 5487 0 Nohlen & Stöver Notes References Category:General elections in Luxembourg Legislative election, 1945 Luxembourg Category:1945 in Luxembourg Category:October 1945 in Europe