Luxembourg-Campagne was a circonscription

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 elections to 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 national legislature

Legislature

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 of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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, until 1919. Until 1919, the constituencies were eleven of the twelve 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...

, with the remaining canton of Luxembourg

Luxembourg (canton)

Luxembourg, sometimes Luxemburg, is a canton in the south of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, in the Luxembourg District. The capital is Luxembourg City.The canton consists of the following 11 communes:* Bertrange* Contern* Hesperange* Luxembourg...

 divided into two: Luxembourg-Ville (covering Luxembourg City) and Luxembourg-Campagne. When the city of Hollerich-Bonnevoie

Hollerich-Bonnevoie

Hollerich-Bonnevoie was the legal name of a part, formally section , of the then-commune of Hollerich, in southern Luxembourg. It covered the neighbourhoods of Hollerich, Bonnevoie, and Gare, which formed the urbanised part of the commune, separated from Luxembourg City by the Pétrusse.City...

 was created, it became the seat of the circonscription.

Luxembourg voted in partial elections, with cantons' votes staggered, and Luxembourg-Campagne was grouped with Echternach, Esch-sur-Alzette, Mersch, Remich, and Wiltz. The inhabitants of Luxembourg-Campagne elected a number of deputies

Deputy (legislator)

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 proportionate to its population. In 1860, this was set to three deputies. In 1868, this was increased to five deputies, and this was accomplished with a by-election

By-election

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on 17 December 1868. Another one deputy was added in 1906, to reflect population growth in the outskirts of Luxembourg City.