Circonscription Sud (Luxembourg)
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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....
.
The constituency 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 Capellen
Capellen (canton)
Capellen is a canton in the south-west of Luxembourg, in the Luxembourg District. The capital is Capellen .The canton consists of the following 11 communes:*Bascharage*Clemency*Dippach*Garnich*Hobscheid*Kehlen*Koerich*Kopstal*Mamer...
and Esch-sur-Alzette
Esch-sur-Alzette (canton)
Esch-sur-Alzette is a canton in the south-west of Luxembourg, in Luxembourg District. The capital is Esch-sur-Alzette.The canton consists of the following 14 communes:*Bettembourg*Differdange*Dudelange*Esch-sur-Alzette*Frisange*Kayl*Leudelange...
, both of which are in the district of Luxembourg
Luxembourg (district)
The District of Luxembourg, sometimes of Luxemburg, is one of three districts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It contains four cantons, divided into 47...
. , Sud has an estimated population of 178,256, or 39% of Luxembourg's total population.
Sud currently elects 23 deputies, the most 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 23 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
- François BiltgenFrançois BiltgenFrançois Biltgen is a Luxembourger politician, currently serving as Minister for Justice, Minister for Communications and the Media, and Minister for Religious Affairs, the Minister for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform, and the Minister for Higher Education and Research, in the...
- Marcel GlesenerMarcel GlesenerMarcel Glesener is a Luxembourgian politician and trade unionist. He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party , sitting in the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies....
- Jean-Marie HalsdorfJean-Marie HalsdorfJean-Marie Halsdorf is a Luxembourgian politician and the current Minister for Defence of Luxembourg.-Background and early career:He attended grammar school in Echternach and went to university in Strasbourg, France...
- Norbert HaupertNorbert HaupertNorbert Haupert is a retired Luxembourgian athlete and currently a politician, sitting in the Chamber of Deputies for the Christian Social People's Party...
- Jean-Claude JunckerJean-Claude JunckerJean-Claude Juncker is a Luxembourg politician, 23rd and current Prime Minister of Luxembourg, since 20 January 1995. He is the longest standing head of government of any European Union state...
- Marc SpautzMarc SpautzMarc Spautz is a Luxembourgian politician. He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party , sitting in the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies, and the communal council of Schifflange....
- Fred SunnenFred SunnenFred Sunnen is a Luxembourgian politician for the Christian Social People's Party . He is a member of the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies, having been first elected in the 1999 election to represent the Sud constituency.Sunnen was the Mayor of Sanem from 14 May 1997 until 30...
- Nelly Stein
- Michel WolterMichel WolterMichel Wolter is a Luxembourgian politician. He was the youngest-ever member of the Chamber of Deputies when elected in 1984, and served as Minister for the Interior from 1995 to 2004. He is also a businessman and a former international table tennis player.Michel Wolter grew up in...
Socialist Workers' Party
- Jean AsselbornJean AsselbornJean Asselborn is a Luxembourger politician. Since 31 July 2004, he has been the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration in the government led by Jean-Claude Juncker....
- Alex BodryAlex BodryAlex Bodry is a politician from Luxembourg.After attending a grammar school in Esch-sur-Alzette, Alex Bodry studied law at the University of Paris. He later became an advocate. From 1982 to 1989, he was a member of Dudelange communal council. From 1989 to 1999, he was a minister...
- John Castegnaro
- Mars Di BartolomeoMars Di BartolomeoMars Di Bartolomeo is a Luxembourger politician.After attending the Esch-sur-Alzette lycée, he worked for the Tageblatt newspaper from 1972 until 1984....
- Lydie ErrLydie ErrLydie Err is a Luxembourgian politician.She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party in 1984, representing Circonscription Sud. She was re-elected in 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2004. From 1989 until 1991, she sat as one of the two Vice-Presidents of the...
- Lucien LuxLucien LuxLucien Lux is a politician and trade unionist from Luxembourg. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, Lux was in the government from 2004 until 2009, under Jean-Claude Juncker....
- Lydia MutschLydia MutschLydia Mutsch is a Luxembourgian politician.Lydia Mutsch studied in Göttingen. She is a member of the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies, in which she has sat since being first elected in 1989. Since 2000, she has been the Mayor of Esch-sur-Alzette, having previously been a member of...
- Marc Zanussi
Christian Social People's Party
- François BiltgenFrançois BiltgenFrançois Biltgen is a Luxembourger politician, currently serving as Minister for Justice, Minister for Communications and the Media, and Minister for Religious Affairs, the Minister for the Civil Service and Administrative Reform, and the Minister for Higher Education and Research, in the...
- Marcel GlesenerMarcel GlesenerMarcel Glesener is a Luxembourgian politician and trade unionist. He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party , sitting in the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies....
- Jean-Marie HalsdorfJean-Marie HalsdorfJean-Marie Halsdorf is a Luxembourgian politician and the current Minister for Defence of Luxembourg.-Background and early career:He attended grammar school in Echternach and went to university in Strasbourg, France...
- Jean-Claude JunckerJean-Claude JunckerJean-Claude Juncker is a Luxembourg politician, 23rd and current Prime Minister of Luxembourg, since 20 January 1995. He is the longest standing head of government of any European Union state...
- Marc SpautzMarc SpautzMarc Spautz is a Luxembourgian politician. He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party , sitting in the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies, and the communal council of Schifflange....
- Nelly Stein
- Michel WolterMichel WolterMichel Wolter is a Luxembourgian politician. He was the youngest-ever member of the Chamber of Deputies when elected in 1984, and served as Minister for the Interior from 1995 to 2004. He is also a businessman and a former international table tennis player.Michel Wolter grew up in...
Democratic Party
- Eugène BergerEugène BergerEugène Berger is a politician from Luxembourg. Berger studied to become a teacher, and worked in this profession from 1988 to 1994. In 1994, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Democratic Party...
- Henri GrethenHenri GrethenHenri Grethen is a politician from Luxembourg.Grethen was born in Esch-sur-Alzette. He attended school in Echternach and studied in Luxembourg and Liège...
- Gusty Graas
- John Schummer
Socialist Workers' Party
- Jean AsselbornJean AsselbornJean Asselborn is a Luxembourger politician. Since 31 July 2004, he has been the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration in the government led by Jean-Claude Juncker....
- Alex BodryAlex BodryAlex Bodry is a politician from Luxembourg.After attending a grammar school in Esch-sur-Alzette, Alex Bodry studied law at the University of Paris. He later became an advocate. From 1982 to 1989, he was a member of Dudelange communal council. From 1989 to 1999, he was a minister...
- Mars Di BartolomeoMars Di BartolomeoMars Di Bartolomeo is a Luxembourger politician.After attending the Esch-sur-Alzette lycée, he worked for the Tageblatt newspaper from 1972 until 1984....
- Lydie ErrLydie ErrLydie Err is a Luxembourgian politician.She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party in 1984, representing Circonscription Sud. She was re-elected in 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2004. From 1989 until 1991, she sat as one of the two Vice-Presidents of the...
- Lucien LuxLucien LuxLucien Lux is a politician and trade unionist from Luxembourg. A member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, Lux was in the government from 2004 until 2009, under Jean-Claude Juncker....
- Jacques PoosJacques PoosJacques Poos is a Luxembourgian politician.Born in 1953 in Luxembourg Dr. Jacques F. Poos is a trained economist and became a doctor of economics in 1961, when he graduated from the University of Lausanne. He is a long-time member of the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party...
- Marc Zanussi