Luxembourg Communal Council

Luxembourg Communal Council
Coat of arms or logo
Coat of arms of Luxembourg City
Type
Type
Leadership
Lydie Polfer (DP)
since 17 December 2013
Structure
Seats27
Political groups
  DP (10)
  CSV (6)
  Greens (5)
  LSAP (3)
  ADR (1)
  The Left (1)
  Pirates (1)

Luxembourg Communal Council (French: Conseil communal de Luxembourg) is the local council for the commune of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.

It consists of twenty-seven members, elected every six years by proportional representation.[1]

Current composition

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Elections were held on 11 June 2023, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic Party (DP). In the collège échevinal, the DP decided to continue their existing coalition with the Christian Social People's Party, who had the second-largest contingent, under the leadership of DP mayor Lydie Polfer.

2023 election results[2]
Party Popular vote Seats Change
Democratic Party (DP) 31,38%
10 Increase 1
Christian Social People's Party (CSV) 20,6%
6 Decrease 1
The Greens 18,53%
5 Steady 0
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) 10,65%
3 Steady 0
The Left 5,74%
1 Decrease 1
Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) 4,95%
1 Steady 0
Pirate Party of Luxembourg 4,82%
1 Increase 1
Total: 27

Past elections

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2017 elections

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Results of the 2017 election

Below are the results of the communal elections of 8 October 2017.[3]

Party Popular vote Seats Change Councillors
Democratic Party (DP) 30,04%
9 Decrease 1 Simone Beissel, Héloïse Bock, Tanja de Jager, Patrick Goldschmidt, Vronny Krieps, Colette Mart, Lydie Polfer, Claude Radoux, Jeff Wirtz
Christian Social People's Party (CSV) 25,03%
7 Increase 2 Maurice Bauer, Paul Galles, Claudine Konsbruck, Elisabeth Margue, Laurent Mosar, Serge Wilmes, Isabel Wiseler-Santos Lima
The Greens 19,26%
5 Steady 0 Carlo Back, François Benoy, Tilly Metz, Claudie Reyland, Sam Tanson
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) 11,09%
3 Decrease 1 Marc Angel, Cathy Fayot, Tom Krieps
The Left 6,79%
2 Steady 0 Joël Delvaux, David Wagner
Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) 4,3%
1 Steady 0 Roy Reding
Pirate Party of Luxembourg 2,64%
0
Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL) 0,84%
0
Total: 27

2011 elections

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Elections were held on 9 October 2011, and resulted in a victory for the Democratic Party (DP). The DP formed a coalition with The Greens, who had the third-largest contingent, under the leadership of Lydie Polfer.[4][5]

2011 election results[6]
Party Popular vote Seats Change
Democratic Party (DP) 33,65%
10 Decrease 1
Christian Social People's Party (CSV) 19,05%
5 Decrease 1
The Greens 18,45%
5 Steady 0
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) 15,93%
4 Steady 0
The Left 6,45%
2 Increase 2
Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) 5,02%
1 Steady 0
Total: 27

2005 elections

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Party Popular vote Seats Councillors
Democratic Party (DP) 35,86%
11 Sonja Adam-Becker, Simone Beissel, Xavier Bettel, Anne Brasseur, Colette Flesch, Paul Helminger, Vronny Krieps, Colette Mart, Lydie Polfer, Jean-Paul Rippinger
Christian Social People's Party (CSV) 22,17%
6 Paul-Henri Meyers, Laurent Mosar, Martine Stein-Mergen, Théo Stendebach, Lucien Thiel, Lima Isabel Wiseler-Santos
The Greens 17,33%
5 Carlo Back, Fabiana Bartolozzi, François Bausch, Carlo De Toffoli, Viviane Loschetter
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) 16,22%
4 Marc Angel, Armand Drews, Ben Fayot, René Kollweiter
Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) 3,92%
1 Roy Reding

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Attributions du conseil communal" (in French). Ville de Luxembourg. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  2. ^ "Luxembourg". elections.public.lu (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  3. ^ "Luxembourg" (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  4. ^ "Collège échevinal: Membres". Ville de Luxembourg (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  5. ^ "Accord de coalition". Ville de Luxembourg (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  6. ^ "Commune Luxembourg" (in French). Retrieved 2017-10-31.
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