1872 Luxembourg general election

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
Canton	Seats	Candidate	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]

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

References[edit]

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

[Note1-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Elected at the first round

[Note2-5] Elected after a run-off round

[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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