General elections were held in
Luxembourg on 21 October 1945.
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1244 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
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days), the end of the World War I, First World War to the beginning of the World War II, Second World War. The in ...
had been ended. In their place were new parties; the
Christian Social People's Party
The Christian Social People's Party ( lb, Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei, french: Parti populaire chrétien-social, german: Christlich Soziale Volkspartei), abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party f ...
, 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. 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.
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