How does voting work?
Election day
- 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 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 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.Selon le système du panachage*, je distribue mes votes sur les différents candidats des différents partis politiques. Je peux donner 1 ou 2 votes par candidat.
- 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.
Proporzgemeng: Population over 3,000
Majorzgemeng: Population under 3,000
The electoral system in my municipality
| Municipality | Population |
|---|---|
| Beaufort | + 3000 |
| Bech | - 3000 |
| Beckerich | - 3000 |
| Berdorf | - 3000 |
| Bertrange | + 3000 |
| Bettembourg | + 3000 |
| Bettendorf | + 3000 |
| Betzdorf | + 3000 |
| Bissen | + 3000 |
| Biwer | - 3000 |
| Boulaide | - 3000 |
| Bourscheid | - 3000 |
| Bous-Waldbredimus | + 3000 |
| Clervaux | + 3000 |
| Colmar-Berg | - 3000 |
| Consdorf | - 3000 |
| Contern | + 3000 |
| Dalheim | - 3000 |
| Diekirch | + 3000 |
| Differdange | + 3000 |
| Dippach | + 3000 |
| Dudelange | + 3000 |
| Echternach | + 3000 |
| Ell | - 3000 |
| Erpeldange-sur-Sûre | - 3000 |
| Esch-sur-Alzette | + 3000 |
| Esch-sur-Sûre | + 3000 |
| Ettelbruck | + 3000 |
| Feulen | - 3000 |
| Fischbach | - 3000 |
| Flaxweiler | - 3000 |
| Frisange | + 3000 |
| Garnich | - 3000 |
| Goesdorf | - 3000 |
| Grevenmacher | + 3000 |
| Groussbus-Wal | - 3000 |
| Habscht | + 3000 |
| Heffingen | - 3000 |
| Helperknapp | + 3000 |
| Hesperange | + 3000 |
| Junglinster | + 3000 |
| Käerjeng | + 3000 |
| Kayl | + 3000 |
| Kehlen | + 3000 |
| Kiischpelt | - 3000 |
| Koerich | - 3000 |
| Kopstal | + 3000 |
| Lac de la Haute-Sûre | - 3000 |
| Larochette | - 3000 |
| Lenningen | - 3000 |
| Leudelange | - 3000 |
| Lintgen | + 3000 |
| Lorentzweiler | + 3000 |
| Luxembourg | + 3000 |
| Mamer | + 3000 |
| Manternach | - 3000 |
| Mersch | + 3000 |
| Mertert | + 3000 |
| Mertzig | - 3000 |
| Mondercange | + 3000 |
| Mondorf-les-Bains | + 3000 |
| Niederanven | + 3000 |
| Nommern | - 3000 |
| Parc Hosingen | + 3000 |
| Pétange | + 3000 |
| Préizerdaul | - 3000 |
| Putscheid | - 3000 |
| Rambrouch | + 3000 |
| Reckange-sur-Mess | - 3000 |
| Redange | + 3000 |
| Reisdorf | - 3000 |
| Remich | + 3000 |
| Roeser | + 3000 |
| Rosport-Mompach | + 3000 |
| Rumelange | + 3000 |
| Saeul | - 3000 |
| Sandweiler | + 3000 |
| Sanem | + 3000 |
| Schengen | + 3000 |
| Schieren | - 3000 |
| Schifflange | + 3000 |
| Schuttrange | + 3000 |
| Stadtbredimus | - 3000 |
| Steinfort | + 3000 |
| Steinsel | + 3000 |
| Strassen | + 3000 |
| Tandel | - 3000 |
| Troisvierges | + 3000 |
| Useldange | - 3000 |
| Vallée de l'Ernz | - 3000 |
| Vianden | - 3000 |
| Vichten | - 3000 |
| Waldbillig | - 3000 |
| Walferdange | + 3000 |
| Weiler-la-Tour | - 3000 |
| Weiswampach | - 3000 |
| Wiltz | + 3000 |
| Wincrange | + 3000 |
| Winseler | - 3000 |
| Wormeldange | + 3000 |
My ballot paper is invalid:
if I put more crosses than representatives to be elected
if I do not put any crosses in my ballot paper (blank ballot paper)
if I cross out, write or draw on the ballot paper or
if I put any other paper or object in the ballot paper
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