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LUXEMBOURG
Population
Total population in Luxembourg is 590,667 by 1st January 2017. 45.71% of the population is foreign born (Eurostat). The median age of Luxembourgers is 39 which is slightly less than the European average of 40.36 (UN Data).
Political Parties
The most recent parliamentary election was held in October 2013. The prominent parties, vote shares in this election and their orientations are as follows (Parlgov):
|
Party Name |
Vote Share |
Ideological Orientation |
|
Christian Social People's Party |
33.68 |
Christian democracy |
|
Democratic Party |
18.25 |
Liberal |
|
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party |
20.28 |
Social democracy |
|
The Greens |
10.13 |
Green/Ecologist |
|
Action Committee Pensions | Alternative Democratic Reform Party |
6.64 |
Conservative |
|
The Left |
4.94 |
Communist/Socialist |
|
Communist Party of Luxembourg |
1.64 |
Communist/Socialist |
|
Pirate Party Luxembourg |
2.94 |
Special issue |
|
Party for Full Democracy |
1.5 |
Conservative |
Electoral System
The system used in Luxembourg is Party List PR with Hagenbach-Bischoff system in which parties make lists of candidates to be elected, and seats get distributed to each party in proportion to the number of votes the party receives (Wikipedia). The voter turnout in 2013 election was 91.15 % (idea.int)
Quality of Democracy
Luxembourg is a parliamentary democracy. Quality of democracy score by Freedom House is 1 out of 7 where 1 is most free and 7 is least free. According to Transparency International, Luxembourg is ranked 8th least corrupted among 180 countries with a score of 82 out of 100.
Gender Equality
23% of the parliamentarians are women currently while there is no legislated quota for women candidates. (idea.int)