Circonscription Est is an electoral constituency

Legislative circonscriptions (Luxembourg)

A legislative circonscription is a multi-member electoral constituency that elects representatives to Luxembourg's unicameral national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies....

 for Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

's national legislature

Legislature

A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...

, the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

The Chamber of Deputies , abbreviated to the Chamber, is the unicameral national legislature of Luxembourg. 'Krautmaart' is sometimes used as a metonym for the Chamber, after the square on which the Hôtel de la Chambre is located....

.

It includes the cantons

Cantons of Luxembourg

||The districts of Luxembourg are divided into 12 cantons. These cantons are subdivided into 116 communes. The cantons, listed by district, include:Diekirch District*Clervaux *Diekirch *Redange *Vianden *Wiltz Grevenmacher District...

 of Echternach

Echternach (canton)

Echternach is a canton in the east of Luxembourg, in the Grevenmacher District. The capital is Echternach.The canton consists of the following eight communes:*Beaufort*Bech*Berdorf*Consdorf*Echternach*Mompach*Rosport*Waldbillig-See also:...

, Grevenmacher

Grevenmacher (canton)

Grevenmacher is a canton in the east of Luxembourg, in the Grevenmacher District. The capital is also called Grevenmacher.The canton of Grevenmacher consists of the following eight communes:*Betzdorf*Biwer*Flaxweiler*Grevenmacher*Junglinster...

, and Remich

Remich (canton)

Remich is a canton in the east of Luxembourg, in the Grevenmacher District. The capital is Remich.The canton consists of the following 10 communes:*Bous*Burmerange*Dalheim*Lenningen*Mondorf-les-Bains*Remich*Schengen*Stadtbredimus*Waldbredimus...

. Its boundaries are coterminous with those of the district of Grevenmacher

Grevenmacher (district)

The District of Grevenmacher is one of three districts of Luxembourg. It contains 3 cantons divided into 26 communes:#Echternach#*Beaufort#*Bech#*Berdorf#*Consdorf#*Echternach#*Mompach#*Rosport#*Waldbillig#Grevenmacher#*Betzdorf#*Biwer...

. , Est has an estimated population of 53,842, or 12% of Luxembourg's total population.

Est currently elects 7 deputies, the fewest of Luxembourg's four constituencies. Under Luxembourg's electoral system, which is a form of the Hagenbach-Bischoff System

Hagenbach-Bischoff system

The Hagenbach-Bischoff system is a variant of the D'Hondt method, used for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. It usually uses the Hagenbach-Bischoff quota for allocating seats, and for any seats remaining the D'Hondt method is then applied so that the first and subsequent...

, that means that each voter can cast votes for up to 7 different candidates. Voting in Luxembourg is compulsory

Compulsory voting

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. Together, these two factors mean that there are far more votes cast than there are members of the electorate.

Christian Social People's Party

• Fernand Boden
  Fernand Boden
  Fernand Boden is a politician from Luxembourg. He was a minister in the government of Luxembourg from 1979 to 2009.Boden was born in Echternach. He studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Liège, and between 1966 and 1978 he taught at Echternach grammar school...
  
  
• Lucien Clement
• Octavie Modert
  Octavie Modert
  Octavie Modert is a politician from Luxembourg.She was born in Grevenmacher, and she studied in Strasbourg and Reading....
  
  

Christian Social People's Party

• Fernand Boden
  Fernand Boden
  Fernand Boden is a politician from Luxembourg. He was a minister in the government of Luxembourg from 1979 to 2009.Boden was born in Echternach. He studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Liège, and between 1966 and 1978 he taught at Echternach grammar school...
  
  
• Lucien Clement
• Marie-Josée Frank
  Marie-Josée Frank
  Marie-Josée Meyers-Frank is a Luxembourgian politician. She has been a member of the Christian Social People's Party since 1994.Frank sits in the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Est constituency...