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The Party of Farmers and the Middle Class (french: Parti des Agriculteurs et des Classes Moyennes, PACM) was a political party in
Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
led by
Eugène Hoffmann Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".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'', p1249


History

Hoffmann had previously headed the
Independent Party of the Right The Independent Party of the Right ( lb, Onofhängeg Rietspartei) was a political party in Luxembourg led by Eugène Hoffmann, a dissident from the Party of the Right.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', ...
, which won a single seat in the 1925 elections. The PACM received 6.9% of the vote in the 1931 elections, winning two seats. It did not contest the partial elections of 1934 but its seats were not up for election. However, it lost both seats in the 1937 elections as its vote share fell to 2.6%.


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