Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: Grand Duke HENRI (since 7 October 2000)
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Xavier BETTEL (since 4 December 2013)
• Assembly: Luxembourg has a unicameral Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Députés) with 60 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The Grand Duke is hereditary head of state.
• Prime Minister (typically the majority party leader) is appointed by the Grand Duke.
• In the Chamber of Deputies, 60 members are elected by open list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms. There are four multi-member districts with seats apportioned in proportion to their populations. Voters may vote for party lists, or they may cast preference votes within party lists. This open list system allows for panachage. That is, each voter has a fixed number of preference votes to cast, and the voter may distribute them among multiple parties' lists.