East ( lb, Osten; french: Est; german: Osten) is one of the four

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of the

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, the national

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. The constituency was established in 1919 following the introduction of

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for elections to the Chamber of Deputies. It consists of the

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Echternach Echternach ( lb, Iechternach or (locally) ) is a commune with town status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. Echternach lies near the border with Germany, and is the oldest town in L ...

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and

Remich Remich ( lb, Réimech ) is a commune with town status in south-eastern Luxembourg with a population of 3,645 inhabitants . It is the capital of the canton of Remich. Remich lies on the left bank of the river Moselle, which forms part of the bord ...

. The constituency currently elects seven of the 60 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the

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. At the 2018 general election it had 36,595 registered electors.

Electoral system

East currently elects seven of the 60 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the

. Electors votes for candidates rather than parties and may cast as many votes as the number of deputies to be elected from the constituency. They may vote for an entire party list or individual candidates and may cast up to two votes for an individual candidate. If the party list contains fewer candidates than the number of deputies to be elected, the elector may vote for candidates from other lists as long as their total number of votes does not exceed the number of deputies to be elected. The ballot paper is invalidated if the elector cast more votes than the number of deputies to be elected from the constituency. Split-ticket voting (

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) is permitted. The votes received by each party's candidates are aggregated and seats are allocated to each party using the

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Election results

Summary

Detailed

2010s

=2018

= Results of the 2018 general election held on 14 October 2018: The following candidates were elected: Gilles Baum (DP), 7,299 votes; Lex Delles (DP), 10,396 votes;

Carole Dieschbourg Carole Dieschbourg (born 3 October 1977) is a Luxembourg politician and writer. Since December 2013, she was Environment minister, Minister for the Environment representing The Greens (Luxembourg), the Green in the government coalition consisting ...

(DG), 9,752 votes; Léon Gloden (CSV), 9,754 votes; Françoise Hetto (CSV), 12,150 votes;

Octavie Modert Octavie Modert (born 15 November 1966) is a politician from Luxembourg. She was born in Grevenmacher, and she studied in Strasbourg and Reading. Octavie Modert belongs to the Christian Social People's Party, a major political party in Luxembour ...

(CSV), 10,222 votes; and

Nicolas Schmit Nicolas Schmit (born 10 December 1953) is a politician from Luxembourg serving as European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights since 2019. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), he was previously a member of the governmen ...

(LSAP), 5,522 votes.

=2013

= Results of the 2013 general election held on 20 October 2013: The following candidates were elected: Lex Delles (DP), 5,338 votes; Léon Gloden (CSV), 10,612 votes; Françoise Hetto (CSV), 14,281 votes; Henri Kox (DG), 6,271 votes;

(CSV), 11,485 votes;

Maggy Nagel Maggy Nagel is a Luxembourgish politician in the Democratic Party. From 2013 until December 2015 she was the Minister for Housing and the Minister for Culture. She was born on 25 August 1957 in Luxembourg City. She attended secondary school at ...

(DP), 7,103 votes; and

(LSAP), 5,070 votes.

2000s

=2009

= Results of the 2009 general election held on 7 June 2009: The following candidates were elected:

Fernand Boden Fernand Boden (born 13 September 1943) is a politician from Luxembourg. He was a minister in the government of Luxembourg from 1979

(CSV), 11,629 votes; Marie-Josée Frank (CSV), 11,534 votes; Françoise Hetto (CSV), 11,776 votes; Henri Kox (DG), 7,551 votes;

(CSV), 12,728 votes;

(LSAP), 7,653 votes; and Carlo Wagner (DP), 5,787 votes.

=2004

= Results of the 2004 general election held on 13 June 2004: The following candidates were elected:

Fernand Boden Fernand Boden (born 13 September 1943) is a politician from Luxembourg. He was a minister in the government of Luxembourg from 1979

(CSV), 13,652 votes; Lucien Clement (CSV), 9,045 votes; Henri Kox (DG), 4,972 votes;

Robert Mehlen Robert Mehlen (born 12 May 1949 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgish politician, President of the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR), and farmer. He has sat in the Chamber of Deputies since the ADR's spectacular breakthrough in the 1989 ...

(ADR), 5,528 votes;

(CSV), 9,064 votes; Jos Scheuer (LSAP), 6,453 votes; and Carlo Wagner (DP), 7,999 votes.

1990s

=1999

= Results of the 1999 general election held on 13 June 1999: The following candidates were elected:

Fernand Boden Fernand Boden (born 13 September 1943) is a politician from Luxembourg. He was a minister in the government of Luxembourg from 1979

(CSV), 9,492 votes; Lucien Clement (CSV), 7,234 votes; Marie-Josée Frank (CSV), 6,630 votes;

(ADR), 5,692 votes;

(DP), 5,535 votes; Jos Scheuer (LSAP), 5,501 votes; and Carlo Wagner (DP), 6,454 votes.

=1994

= Results of the 1994 general election held on 12 June 1994: The following candidates were elected:

Fernand Boden Fernand Boden (born 13 September 1943) is a politician from Luxembourg. He was a minister in the government of Luxembourg from 1979

(CSV), 9,441 votes;

Norbert Konter Norbert is a Germanic given name, from ''nord'' "north" and ''berht'' "bright". Norbert is also occasionally found as a surname. People with the given name Academia * Norbert Angermann (born 1936), German historian * Norbert A’Campo (born 1941 ...

(CSV), 7,977 votes;

(ADR), 4,641 votes; Jos Scheuer (LSAP), 6,568 votes;

Marcel Schlechter Marcel Schlechter (born 9 July 1928 in Luxembourg City) is a retired Luxembourgian politician and government minister who started his career as a bus driver. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, Schlechter served in the Santer-Poo ...

(LSAP), 7,039 votes; Nicolas Strotz (CSV), 7,025 votes; and Carlo Wagner (DP), 5,538 votes.

1980s

=1989

= Results of the 1989 general election held on 18 June 1989: The following candidates were elected:

Fernand Boden Fernand Boden (born 13 September 1943) is a politician from Luxembourg. He was a minister in the government of Luxembourg from 1979

(CSV), 9,817 votes;

Robert Gitzinger The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(DP), 4,507 votes; Fernand Kons (CSV), 6,882 votes;

(CSV), 7,061 votes;

(5/6), 3,452 votes; Jos Scheuer (LSAP), 7,091 votes; and

(LSAP), 7,822 votes.

=1984

= Results of the 1984 general election held on 17 June 1984: The following candidates were elected:

Fernand Boden Fernand Boden (born 13 September 1943) is a politician from Luxembourg. He was a minister in the government of Luxembourg from 1979

(CSV), 12,931 votes;

Victor Braun Victor Conrad Braun (August 4, 1935 – January 6, 2001) was a Canadian baritone who had a major international performance career in concerts and operas that lasted more than 40 years. While he was an accomplished performer of the standard op ...

(DP), 6,284 votes;

Paul Helminger Paul Helminger (28 October 1940 – 16 April 2021) was a Luxembourgish politician who was Mayor of Luxembourg City from 1999 to November 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Democratic Party (from 1994 to 2012, and previously ...

(DP), 7,914 votes;

(LSAP), 6,880 votes; Aly Schroeder (LSAP), 5,771 votes; Jean-Pierre Urwald (CSV), 8,017 votes; and Paul Wagener (CSV), 8,038 votes.

1970s

=1979

= Results of the 1979 general election held on 10 June 1979: The following candidates were elected:

Fernand Boden Fernand Boden (born 13 September 1943) is a politician from Luxembourg. He was a minister in the government of Luxembourg from 1979

(CSV), 10,938 votes;

(DP), 5,141 votes;

(LSAP), 3,949 votes; Jean-Pierre Urwald (CSV), 8,931 votes; Paul Wagener (CSV), 7,502 votes; and

Charles Wagner Charles Wagner (4 January 1852 Vibersviller, Moselle – 12 May 1918)"Author of Popular Book, 'The Simple Life,' Dead" (May 14, 1918) ''Indianapolis Star'' was a French reformed pastor whose inspirational writings were influential in shaping t ...

(DP), 5,360 votes.

=1974

= Results of the 1974 general election held on 26 May 1974: The following candidates were elected:

Jean-Pierre Büchler Jean-Pierre Büchler (6 July 1908 – 7 September 1993) was a Luxembourgian politician. 1908 births 1993 deaths People from Echternach Luxembourgian politicians Ministers for Agriculture of Luxembourg He was an agronomist by profession. A ...

(CSV), 8,137 votes; Georges Hurt (SDP), 5,205 votes;

Robert Schaffner Robert Schaffner (24 July 1905 – 2 August 1979) was a Luxembourgian politician. A founding member of the Patriotic and Democratic Group (GPD), now the Democratic Party, Schaffner entered politics after the German occupation during the Second Wo ...

(DP), 6,582 votes;

(LSAP), 3,880 votes; Jean-Pierre Urwald (CSV), 8,436 votes; and

(DP), 6,505 votes.

1960s

=1968

= Results of the 1968 general election held on 15 December 1968: The following candidates were elected:

(CSV), 9,409 votes; Aloyse Duhr (CSV), 8,153 votes; Georges Hurt (LSAP), 5,238 votes; Fernand Kons (CSV), 8,723 votes;

(DP), 5,716 votes; and

(DP), 5,348 votes.

=1964

= Results of the 1964 general election held on 7 June 1964: The following candidates were elected:

Victor Bodson Victor Nicolas Bodson (24 March 1902 – 29 June 1984) was a Luxembourgish politician and lawyer who held a number of political posts during his career. He is recognised as Righteous Among the Nations awarded by Yad Vashem for his actions during ...

(LSAP), 5,195 votes; Aloyse Duhr (CSV), 9,001 votes; Georges Hurt (LSAP), 5,288 votes; Fernand Kons (CSV), 8,490 votes;

(DP), 4,830 votes; and

Émile Schaus Émile Schaus (12 February 1903 – 19 July 1994) was a Luxembourgers, Luxembourgian politician and writer. After studying in Paris, Munich and Berlin, Schaus became a literature teacher, first in Diekirch, later at the Athénée in Luxembourg ...

(CSV), 8,251 votes.

1950s

=1959

= Results of the 1959 general election held on 1 February 1959: The following candidates were elected:

Joseph Bech Joseph Bech (17 February 1887 – 8 March 1975)Thewes, Guy"Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché depuis 1848." Service information et presse. Luxembourg: Imprimerie Centrale, 2011. was a Luxembourgish politician and lawyer. He was the 15th Prime Mi ...

(CSV), 11,676 votes; Othon Decker (LSAP), 4,916 votes; Aloyse Duhr (CSV), 9,055 votes;

(DP), 7,911 votes; Guillaume Speck (CSV), 8,752 votes; and

(DP), 6,984 votes.

=1954

= Results of the 1954 general election held on 30 May 1954: The following candidates were elected:

(CSV), 14,038 votes; Othon Decker (LSAP), 5,156 votes; Aloyse Duhr (CSV), 9,925 votes;

(GD), 5,757 votes; Guillaume Speck (CSV), 10,036 votes; and Nicolas Thill (CSV), 10,518 votes.

1940s

=1948

= Results of the 1948 general election held on 6 June 1948: The following candidates were elected:

(CSV), 12,203 votes; Othon Decker (LSAP), 6,027 votes; Nicolas Leonardy (CSV), 8,514 votes;

(GPD), 10,232 votes; Guillaume Speck (CSV), 9,309 votes; and

(GPD), 4,920 votes.

=1945

= Results of the 1945 general election held on 21 October 1945: The following candidates were elected:

(CSV), 15,064 votes; Othon Decker (OO), 6,027 votes; Aloyse Duhr (CSV), 9,736 votes;

(GPD), 6,077 votes; Guillaume Speck (CSV), 11,077 votes; and Nicolas Thill (CSV), 10,127 votes.

1930s

=1934

= Results of the 1934 general election held on 3 June 1934: The following candidates were elected:

(RP), 15,211 votes; Othon Decker (OL), 10,149 votes;

Jean-Baptiste Didier Jean-Baptiste is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following: Persons * Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was King ...

(RP), 10,441 votes; Pierre Godart (OL), 10,020 votes; Auguste Keiffer (OL), 10,064 votes;

Adolphe Klein ''Adolphe'' is a classic French novel by Benjamin Constant, first published in 1816. It tells the story of an alienated young man, Adolphe, who falls in love with an older woman, Ellénore, the Polish mistress of the Comte de P***. Their illicit ...

(RP), 11,101 votes; and Mathias Schaffner (RP), 10,629 votes.

1920s

=1928

= Results of the 1928 general election held on 3 June 1928: The following candidates were elected:

(RP), 16,222 votes;

(RP), 10,806 votes; Pierre Godart (OL), 7,838 votes; Auguste Keiffer (OL), 7,732 votes;

(RP), 11,588 votes; Mathias Schaffner (RP), 10,280 votes; and Jean-Pierre Wiltzius (RP), 10,152 votes.

=1925

= Results of the 1925 general election held on 1 March 1925: The following candidates were elected:

(RP), 12,316 votes; Othon Decker (OL), 7,761 votes;

(RP), 10,030 votes; Pierre Godart (OL), 8,585 votes; Mathias Huss (RP), 9,983 votes;

(RP), 10,758 votes; and Jean-Pierre Wiltzius (RP), 9,322 votes.

1910s

=1919

= Results of the 1919 general election held on 26 October 1919: The following candidates were elected:

(RP), 13,369 votes; Othon Decker (K), 4,900 votes;

Lamoral de Villers Lamoral is a given name mostly known from the noble houses of Egmond family, Egmond, Ligne family, Ligne and Thurn und Taxis, Taxis. The Dutch language, Dutch form is Lamoraal. The first known person by the name, Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522–1 ...

(RP), 12,348 votes;

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(RP), 13,215 votes; Mathias Huss (RP), 12,929 votes;

(RP), 12,703 votes; and Auguste Thorn (RP), 13,564 votes.

References

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