General elections were held in Luxembourg on 14 June 1854, electing members of the Chamber of Deputies from all the cantons of Luxembourg.[1][2]
Background
editThe elections were held in the entire country. Partial general elections had already been due to happen in 1854; under the electoral system at the time, Deputies were elected to six-year terms, with elections held every three years, renewing half the Chamber's membership at a time. The last partial general election was in 1851.
On 15 May 1854 however, the Simons government prematurely dissolved the Chamber, and organised elections to renew its entire membership for 14 June. This dissolution was due to conflict between the executive and the legislature.[3]
Results
editSuccessful candidates are marked in bold
| Canton | Seats | Candidate | First round | Second round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Votes | |||
| Luxembourg | Eugène Fischer[a] | 1105 | ||
| Théodore Pescatore[a] | 1088 | |||
| Dominique Stiff[a] | 1013 | |||
| Augustin Lampach[a] | 971 | |||
| Michel Jonas[a] | 940 | |||
| Norbert Metz[a] | 835 | |||
| Édouard Aschmann[a] | 779 | |||
| Auguste Fischer[a] | 745 | |||
| Mathias Hertert[a] | 686 | |||
| Valentin Wahl[a] | 676 | |||
| Turnout | 1200 | |||
| Diekirch | Joseph Tschiederer | |||
| Jean Juttel | ||||
| Chrétien Mersch | ||||
| Charles Faber | ||||
| Jean Angelsberg | ||||
| Ulrich | ||||
| Turnout | - | |||
| Echternach | Michel Witry | |||
| Jean-Pierre Föhr | ||||
| Nicolas Arendt | ||||
| Mathias Hardt | ||||
| Turnout | - | |||
| Grevenmacher | Antoine Pescatore | |||
| Mathias Wawer | ||||
| Jean-Pierre Klein | ||||
| Pierre Müller-Walse | ||||
| Joseph Ritter | ||||
| Auguste Metz | ||||
| Schorn | ||||
| Knaff | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Remich | Gustave Lessel | |||
| Willibrord Macher | ||||
| Joseph-Chrétien Gretsch | ||||
| Jacques Diederich | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Wiltz | Charles Mathieu | |||
| Jacques Bernard | ||||
| Michel Frères | ||||
| Édouard Thilges | ||||
| Michel Fallis | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Clervaux | Jean-Pierre Toutsch | |||
| Lucien Richard | ||||
| Bernard Neumann | ||||
| Charles-Gérard Eyschen | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Esch-sur-Alzette | Victor de Tornaco | |||
| Auguste Collart | ||||
| Théodore De Wacquant | ||||
| Nicolas Schmit | ||||
| Jean Steichen | ||||
| Graas | ||||
| Hemmer | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Mersch | Michel Clément | |||
| Henri Witry | ||||
| Jean-Pierre Hoffmann | ||||
| Jean-Pierre Heuardt | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Redange | Nicolas Schröder | |||
| Rénilde-Guillaume Jacques | ||||
| Charles Bassing | ||||
| Nicolas Hippert | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Capellen | Charles Collart[a] | |||
| Jean-Baptiste-Henri-Melchior Funck[a] | ||||
| Jean-Guillaume Kremer[a] | ||||
| Dominique Elter[b] | ||||
| Thibesart | ||||
| Turnout | ||||
| Vianden | Jean Daleyden | |||
| Turnout | ||||
Analysis
editIn Luxembourg canton, the entire list of candidates supported by the democratic-liberal anti-Simons Courrier du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg was elected with a large majority; in Mersch, 3 of the 4 successful candidates were on the Courrier's list.[2]
Notwithstanding the results in these two cantons, the elections were generally seen as a win for the pro-Simons government, reactionary side, over those supporting the 1848 Constitution and democratic rights; the Courrier stated "in several cantons, the reactionary candidates prevailed over the constitutional candidates and the old majority is seriously affected."[4] The Chamber could now be expected to support the government.[2]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Elections du 14 juin". Courrier du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (in French). 17 June 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ a b c "Ausfall der Wahlen". Luxemburger Wort (in German). 16 June 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
- ^ "Die Auflösung der Kammer". Wächter an der Sauer (in German). 24 May 1854. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
- ^ "Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. Luxembourg, 17 juin". Courrier du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (in French). 17 June 1854. p. 1. Retrieved 17 January 2024.