1872 Luxembourg general election

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Partial general elections were held in Luxembourg on 11 June 1872, electing members of the Chamber of Deputies. The elections took place in Echternach, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg-Campagne, Mersch, Remich, and Wiltz.[1][2][3]

Under the election law at the time, any second-round run-off votes took place on the same day as the first round.

Results[edit]

Candidates who were successful are in bold.

Canton Seats Candidate First round Second round
Votes Votes
Echternach Jean-Mathias Föhr[a] 217
Bernard Servais[a] 187
Michel Witry[a] 177
Turnout
Esch-sur-Alzette De Wacquant[a] 426
Victor de Tornaco[a] 378
Wolff[a] 372
Brasseur[a] 334
Turnout
Luxembourg-Campagne 5 Adolphe Fischer[a] 332
Charles Collart[a] 329
Klein[a] 289
De Lafontaine[a] 283
Stifft 260 253
Macher-Wurth[b] 256 279
Paul de Scherff 256
Saur 248
Bivort 245
Wolff-Schweitzer 198
Turnout 550
Mersch Joseph Servais[a] 332
Jean-Pierre-Nicolas Beschemont[a] 218
J. Knaff[b] 189
J.-P. Fischer 123
Ruth 85
Erpelding 43
Turnout
Remich Welter[a] 286
Jacques-Guillaume Lessel[a] 259
Gretsch[b] 156
Würth 78
Turnout
Wiltz Paul Eyschen[a] 448
Mertens[a] 310
Jean-Joseph-Georges Faber-Knepper[b] 259 315
Pletschette 126 204
M. Servais 119
Burggraff 109
Schaack 99
Greisch 33
Turnout 529

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Elected at the first round
  2. ^ a b c d Elected after a run-off round

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Elections du 11 juin". L'indépendance luxembourgeoise (in French). 12 June 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Uebersicht der politischen Tagesereignisse". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 12 June 1875. p. 1. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Uebersicht der politischen Tagesereignisse". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 13 June 1872. p. 1. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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