IFES Election Guide | Country Profile: Luxembourg

650,364	8
Population (as of March 1, 2023)	Elections in our database
259,887	89.62%
Registered Voters (as of March 1, 2019)	Average Turnout

Name	Official Name	Type
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies	Chambre des Députés	Assembly

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.

Election For	Date	Votes	Registered Voters	Turn Out
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies	1999-06-13	191,267	221,103	86.51%
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies	2004-06-13	199,846	217,979	91.68%
Referendum	2005-07-10	199,609	220,717	90.44%
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies	2009-06-07	203,535	223,842	90.93%
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies	2013-10-20	218,453	239,668	91.15%
Referendum	2015-06-07	214,835	246,974	86.99%
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies	2018-10-14	233,014	259,887	89.66%
Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies	2023-10-08	-	259,887	-