Restrictto Candidacy:
To be eligible to stand for the legislative elections, prospective candidates must: be of Luxembourgish nationality; be at least 18 years of age on the day of the election; enjoy one's civil and political rights; be domiciled in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The loss of any one of the eligibility criteria invalidates the mandate. The following are not eligible to stand for legislative election: persons stripped of their eligibility following a conviction; persons stripped of their right to vote following a conviction; individuals who have been convicted of criminal offences; persons over 18 who are under guardianship. The following categories of people may not be elected to the Chamber of Deputies: civil servants, employees or workers paid by the State, by a public-sector establishment subject to government supervision, by a commune or association of communes, or by a public-sector establishment under the supervision of a commune, or agents paid by the Luxembourg National Railway Company (Société nationale des chemins de fer luxembourgeois); members of the executive branch or of the Council of State, unless they agree to resign in the event that they are elected to the Parliament; deputies who are related by blood, by marriage or by partnership up to the second degree; if they are both elected, the elected candidate is chosen by lottery; Judicial Court magistrates; members of the Court of Auditors; the district commissioners (commissaires de district); State receivers or accountants; active members of the military. If a deputy accepts an assignment, employment or mission that is incompatible with their mandate as deputy, they are automatically stripped of that mandate.
Campaign Length Minimum:
Not Legally Determined
Opinion Polls Embargo:
Embargo for longer
Electoral System & Organisation
Elect System Main Election:
Proportional with no threshold
Main Election Type:
General
Main Election Cycle:
5
Numb Round Main Election:
One
Referenda_Law:
Constitution, Art. 51(7)
Referenda_Binding:
Wiki: The referendum on constitutional amendment (defined in Article 114) is binding. Referendums in general (defined in Article 51) are not explicitly stated to be binding.
Voting Machine:
None
Vote IDRequired:
ID check compulsory
Polling Card:
Polling card sent but not compulsory
National Holiday Elect Day:
Never
Dayof Election:
Sunday
Districting Source:
Parliament
Districting Flexibility:
Conformity with local jurisdiction boundaries
Polling Station
Average Voterby Polling Station:
384
Normal Opening Time Poll Station:
08:00
Normal Closing Time Poll Station:
1400
Polling Station Numbers:
677
Listof Polling Station Buildings:
schools, public building
Accessibility Requirement:
Party to UNCRPD Anyone with a disability can take a helper into the voting booth with them.
Box Feeding System:
Voter
Vote Receipt:
No receipt
Count Locallyor Centrally:
locally
Manualor Automatic Count:
manual
Ballot Paper
Ballot Type:
Paper
Singleor Multi Paper Ballot:
Single
Ballot Paper Type Description:
Every voter has six votes. He/she can freely distribute these votes to candidates of various lists with a maximum of two votes per candidate. Alternatively the voter may vote for a single party.
Ballot Paper Type Photo Upload:
YES
Remote Voting
Temporal Remote Voting:
Automatic right
Geographical Remote Voting:
Automatic right
Personal Remote Voting:
No
Time Temporal Remote:
2
Remote Voting List:
Postal Voting
Mobile Polling Stations:
No
Special Needs
Provision First Time Voters:
EU Youth Conference in Luxembourg: “Encouraging political participation of young people
Provision Linguistic Ethnic Minorites:
information available in other languages
Provision Blind Voters:
use of tactile ballot sleeves by voters with visual impairments
Provision Deaf Voters:
In June 2009, disability organisation ‘Info- Handicap’ produced a brochure about how to make polling stations more accessible.
Provision Motor Handicap Voters:
under various protective measures (at least under plenary guardianship) are automatically excluded from political participation and thus denied the right to vote
Targeted Initiatives
History Major Changes:
Universal suffrage and proportional representation were introduced in 1919.