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How does voting work?
Election
day
On election day, all those registered on the electoral list in the Grand Duchy are called to the polls to elect their political representatives. I must go and vote if I am registered on an electoral list.
- At least 5 days before the elections, I will receive an invitation from my local administration indicating the date of the elections and the opening hours of the polling station to which I must go.
- The invitation also contains instructions (explanations on the ballot paper) and the list of candidates.
On the day of the elections I must:
- Go to the polling station of the municipality that I live in, between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.
- Bring a valid identity document (identity card, passport, residence permit or residence card).
- Then, all I have to do is go to the voting booth and make my choice.
- The number of councillors depends on the number of inhabitants of a municipality. Depending on the number of inhabitants, the municipality can have 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17 or 19 councillors. There are 27 councillors in the city of Luxembourg.
Postal
voting
I can apply to vote by post.
The application to vote by post must be sent to the municipality where I am registered:
- at the earliest 12 weeks and at the latest 25 days before election day, if my invitation letter is to be sent to an address in Luxembourg.
- at the earliest 12 weeks and at the latest 40 days before election day, if my invitation letter has to be sent to an address abroad.
- I can apply for a postal vote online via MyGuichet.lu or by post (on plain paper or on a pre-printed form to be obtained from my municipality).
Election
system
There are 2 different voting systems for the municipal elections:
In a municipality with a population of less than 3,000 inhabitants
- In municipalities with a population of less than 3,000 inhabitants, elections are held according to the relative majority system (“Majorzgemeng”)
- I have as many votes as there are councillors to be elected to the local council.
- I cast my vote by placing a cross (+ or x) in the box next to the name of one or more candidates, up to the total number of votes I have.
In a municipality with a population of more than 3,000 inhabitants
- In municipalities with a population of at least 3,000 inhabitants, the elections are carried out through list-based voting with proportional representation (“Proporzgemeng”)
- I have as many votes as there are councillors to be elected.
- I can give one or two votes to each candidate up to the total number of votes I have.
- Each cross (+ or x) placed in one of the two boxes behind the name of the candidates is equivalent to a vote for that candidate.
- According to the system of the panachage*, I distribute my votes to the various candidates of the various parties. I can give 1 or 2 votes per candidate.
- I can also vote the whole list of a political party by putting my cross (+ or x) in the box directly below the name of the political party. In that case, the total number of my votes is for that political party.
Saeul
Inhabitants: 874
Wahl
Inhabitants: 1.036
Putscheid
Inhabitants: 1.107
Grosbous
Inhabitants: 1.112
Kiischpelt
Inhabitants: 1.209
Fischbach
Inhabitants: 1.238
Waldbredimus
Inhabitants: 1.274
Reisdorf
Inhabitants: 1.288
Bech
Inhabitants: 1.305
Vichten
Inhabitants: 1.360
Boulaide
Inhabitants: 1.391
Winseler
Inhabitants: 1.403
Nommern
Inhabitants: 1.439
Ell
Inhabitants: 1.511
Heffingen
Inhabitants: 1.520
Goesdorf
Inhabitants: 1.595
Bourscheid
Inhabitants: 1.701
Bous
Inhabitants: 1.711
Préizerdaul
Inhabitants: 1.725
Biwer
Inhabitants: 1.884
Waldbillig
Inhabitants: 1.902
Berdorf
Inhabitants: 1.951
Useldange
Inhabitants: 1.965
Stadtbredimus
Inhabitants: 1.968
Lenningen
Inhabitants: 2.071
Schieren
Inhabitants: 2.073
Lac de la Haute-Sûre
Inhabitants: 2.084
Weiswampach
Inhabitants: 2.104
Consdorf
Inhabitants: 2.123
Flaxweiler
Inhabitants: 2.158
Vianden
Inhabitants: 2.161
Tandel
Inhabitants: 2.214
Manternach
Inhabitants: 2.216
Larochette
Inhabitants: 2.220
Garnich
Inhabitants: 2.221
Colmar-Berg
Inhabitants: 2.238
Feulen
Inhabitants: 2.263
Mertzig
Inhabitants: 2.285
Dalheim
Inhabitants: 2.358
Erpeldange-sur-Sûre
Inhabitants: 2.452
Weiler-la-Tour
Inhabitants: 2.456
Reckange-sur-Mess
Inhabitants: 2.634
Koerich
Inhabitants: 2.642
Vallée de l'Ernz
Inhabitants: 2.687
Leudelange
Inhabitants: 2.704
Beckerich
Inhabitants: 2.784
Beaufort
Inhabitants: 2.901
Bettendorf
Inhabitants: 2.902
Redange-sur-Attert
Inhabitants: 2.910
Esch-sur-Sûre
Inhabitants: 2.982
Wormeldange
Inhabitants: 3.054
Lintgen
Inhabitants: 3.235
Bissen
Inhabitants: 3.269
Troisvierges
Inhabitants: 3.367
Rosport - Mompach
Inhabitants: 3.631
Sandweiler
Inhabitants: 3.659
Parc Hosingen
Inhabitants: 3.732
Remich
Inhabitants: 3.787
Contern
Inhabitants: 3.968
Kopstal
Inhabitants: 4.116
Betzdorf
Inhabitants: 4.149
Schuttrange
Inhabitants: 4.272
Lorentzweiler
Inhabitants: 4.348
Dippach
Inhabitants: 4.461
Helperknapp
Inhabitants: 4.538
Wincrange
Inhabitants: 4.574
Rambrouch
Inhabitants: 4.589
Mertert
Inhabitants: 4.703
Frisange
Inhabitants: 4.769
Habscht
Inhabitants: 4.803
Schengen
Inhabitants: 4.956
Grevenmacher
Inhabitants: 4.981
Mondorf-les-Bains
Inhabitants: 5.404
Steinsel
Inhabitants: 5.500
Clervaux
Inhabitants: 5.605
Rumelange
Inhabitants: 5.613
Steinfort
Inhabitants: 5.617
Echternach
Inhabitants: 5.650
Kehlen
Inhabitants: 6.138
Niederanven
Inhabitants: 6.349
Roeser
Inhabitants: 6.560
Mondercange
Inhabitants: 6.982
Diekirch
Inhabitants: 7.047
Wiltz
Inhabitants: 7.533
Junglinster
Inhabitants: 8.233
Walferdange
Inhabitants: 8.418
Bertrange
Inhabitants: 8.472
Ettelbruck
Inhabitants: 9.246
Kayl
Inhabitants: 9.668
Mersch
Inhabitants: 10.018
Mamer
Inhabitants: 10.218
Strassen
Inhabitants: 10.249
Käerjeng
Inhabitants: 10.517
Schifflange
Inhabitants: 11.291
Bettembourg
Inhabitants: 11.374
Hesperange
Inhabitants: 15.657
Sanem
Inhabitants: 17.895
Pétange
Inhabitants: 20.084
Dudelange
Inhabitants: 21.513
Differdange
Inhabitants: 27.869
Esch-sur-Alzette
Inhabitants: 36.228
Luxembourg
Inhabitants: 12.4509
- Proporzgemeng: Population over 3,000
- Majorzgemeng: Population under 3,000