At stake in this election:

• 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Députés)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: Grand Duke HENRI
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Jean-Claude JUNCKER
• Assembly: Luxembourg has a unicameral Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Députés) with 60 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The Grand Duke is hereditary head of state.
• Prime Minister is appointed by the monarch.
• In the Chamber of Deputies (Chambre des Députés) 60 members are elected by open list proportional representation in multi-member constituencies to serve 5-year terms.***

*** There are four multi-member districts with seats apportioned in proportion to their populations. Voters may vote for party lists, or they may cast preference votes within party lists. This open list system allows for panachage. That is, each voter has a fixed number of preference votes to cast, and the voter may distribute them among multiple parties' lists.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: Christian Social People's Party / Chrëschtlech Sozial Vollekspartei (CSV)
  • Leader: Michel WOLTER
  • Seats won in last election: 26
• Party: Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party / Lëtzebuerger Sozialistesch Arbechterpartei (LSAP)
  • Leader: Alex BODRY
  • Seats won in last election: 13
• Party: Democratic Party / Demokratesch Partei (DP)
  • Leader: Xavier BETTEL
  • Seats won in last election: 9
• Party: The Greens / Déi gréng
  • Leader: Christian KMIOTEK and Sam TANSON
  • Seats won in last election: 7
• Party: Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) / Alternativ Demokratesch Reformpartei
  • Leader: Jean SCHOOS
  • Seats won in last election: 4
• Party: The Left / Déi Lénk
  • Leader: Serge URBANY
  • Seats won in last election: 1
• Party: Pirate Party / Piratepartei
  • Leader: Sven CLEMENT
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Communist Party of Luxembourg (PCL) / Kommunistesch Partei Lëtzebuerg (KPL)
  • Leader: Ali RUCKERT
  • Seats won in last election: 0
• Party: Party for Complete Democracy / Partei fir integral Demokratie
  • Leader: Jean COLOMBERA
  • Seats won in last election: 0

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 543,360 (2013)
• Registered Voters: 223,842 (June 2009)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 271,604 (2013)

·         Is Luxembourg a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980)

·         Has Luxembourg ratified CEDAW: Yes (2 February 1989)

·         Gender Quota: No

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 14 (following the 2013 elections)

·         Human Development Index Position: 19 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Luxembourg a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Luxembourg ratified CRPD: Yes (26 September 2011)

·         Population with a disability: 81,504 (est.)