Luxembourg communal election results

06:30 - By Monday morning all the votes were in, and the final missing commune results are as follows:

The results for Luxembourg City: DP obtained nine seats (-1), CSV seven seats (+2), the Greens held on to five seats while the LSAP managed three seats (-1). Déi Lénk kept its two seats, while the ADR held on to its one seat.

In Pétange, the CSV held on to its eight seats, while the LSAP lost one seat to take four.

The Green Party held on to two seats and DP kept its one seat. There was big excitement for the Pirate Party in Pétange, as it managed to win seats for the first time, picking up two.

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23:40 - The Wort EN team is signing off for tonight. We'll be back bright and early tomorrow morning with the latest results from Luxembourg City and Pétange! 

23:01 - A problem occurred with the counting of the ballots in the commune of Pétange, so that the counting must be repeated. The final results are therefore expected later in the evening. 

22:28 - In Differdange, the Green Party gets seven seats, the CSV and the LSAP get four each, followed by the DP with two seats and the KPL and Déi Lénk with one seat each.

22:24 - In Sanem, the LSAP comes in first with seven seats and the CSV second with four. The Green Party and the Left both got two seats and the DP got one. 

22:15 - Reactions are coming in from the adr too. So far, the party is overall satisfied with the results, although the party will probably lose its seat in Pétange after the quarrel with Joe Thein, who founded his own party "Déi Konservativ."

However, party president Jean Schoos was confident in the evening that the party could defend its other seats. In Bettembourg the adr even managed to get into the town council with Fernand Ahles. 

“But also in Clervaux or in Käerjeng, our lists were able to achieve a very decent result, even if it was not enough for a seat," concluded Schoos, who was immediately elected to the municipal council in the commune of Berdorf. The adr MP Fernand Kartheiser though, could not make it into the Käerjeng town council.

22:03 - In Esch-sur-Alzette, the LSAP and the CSV get six seats each, the Green Party gets three seats, and the DP and Déi Lénk get two seats each. 

With that result, the CSV has now replaced the LSAP as the strongest party int he southern city. 

"The electorate was clear, a change was demanded," says Georges Mischo, the CSV's top candidate, shortly before the end of the count. Coalition talks are to be held in the next days, but not necessarily with the LSAP. "There are other winners, too," says Mischo. 

21:50 -  Reactions are coming in from the LSAP party centre, as reported by our colleagues from the Wort DE. The top candidates of the LSAP for Luxembourg City, Cathy Fayot and Marc Angel, as well as Vice Prime Minister Etienne Schneider, speak on the evening of the election of a dramatic result for the LSAP.

Fayot said that the party was in a crisis, that its direction should be questioned, as the voters cannot identify with the party anymore. Both are of the opinion that the CSV succeeded in designing local elections as national elections.

For Schneider, it now goes seamlessly into the national election campaign, he said: "I will not allow the CSV to confuse voters with populist tones anymore, without counter-proposals."

21:27 - In Schuttrange, the top parties are the DP and Schëtter with four seats each. The LSAP, the Green Party and the CSV receive one seat each.

21:21 - In Diekirch, the LSAP dominates with seven seats, the CSV gets four, and the DP and the Green Party get one each.

21:17 - In Dudelange, the LSAP gets 10 seats, the CSV five, the Green Party two, and adr and Déi Lénk one each.

21:09 - In Walferdange, the CSV gets five seats, the DP four, and the LSAP and the Green Party get two each.

21:06 - In Wincrange, the LSAP and the CSV receive four seats each, the DP two and the adr one.

21:02 - In Hesperange, the CSV dominates with eight seats. The Green Party and the DP get three seats each and the LSAP gets one.

20:55 - In Käerjeng, the CSV receives the most seats with seven, the LSAP receives five, the Green Party two and the DP one.

20:53 - In Niederanven, the CSV is the top party with six seats, the LSAP comes second with three, followed by the DP and the Green Party with two seats each.

20:50 - In Grevenmacher, the CSV gets five seats, the DP three, the LSAP two and the Green Party one.

20:46 - In Clervaux, the CSV won six seats, followed by the DP with two seats, the Green Party with two and the citizens' list "Biergerlëst Gemeng Cliärre" with one.

20:31 - In Dippach, the LSAP gets five seats, while the citizens' list "D'Lëscht vun de Bierger" gets two, as do the CSV and the DP.

20:26 - In Kehlen, the CSV is the top party with five seats, the LSAP comes second with three seats, the Green Party gets two and the DP one.

20:25 - In the commune of Mersch, the DP gets five seats, the CSV four, the Green Party three and the LSAP one. 

20:18 - In the commune of Kopstal, the political group "Aer Equipe" and the CSV each get four seats and the DP three. In Steinsel, the LSAP gets five seats, the DP four and the CSV two. 

20:16 - In Bettembourg -- as announced earlier on the communes' website -- the LSAP gets six seats, the CSV five and the Green Party two. The DP and the adr each get two seats. 

20:10 - In Ettelbruck, the CSV gets with the five the most seats in the commune, followed by the LSAP with four, the DP with two and the Greens with two as well. 

20:08 - In the commune of Reisdorf, Jean-Pierre Schiltz comes first with 335 votes, and Anouk Hientgen Sauber comes in second with 326 votes. 

20:04 - In a referendum, which was conducted at the same time as the voting for the elections, 63 per cent of voters from Kopstal and Bridel voted for their municipality to switch to the "Centre" district and thus to the canton of Luxembourg. Three per cent gave a white ballot and one per cent an invalid one. 

This does not mean, however, that the parliament has to deal with this anytime soon, let alone that the MPs would have to follow the recommendations of the citizens. 

19:56 - In the commune of Schifflange, the CSV and the LSAP each get six seats, the Green Party two and the DP one. 

19:55 - In Mondorf-les-Bains it's the DP which receives the most seats (six). The CSV gets three, the Green Party one and the LSAP also one. 

19:53 - In the commune of Frisange it's the political group "Aer Equipe" which gets the most seats (five), followed by the CSV with three, the LSAP with two and the DP with one. 

19:46 - In the proportional commune of Hobscheid, the CSV wins an absolute majority with eight seats, compared to two for the DP and one for the LSAP. In Rumelange, the LSAP wins five seats, the CSV four, the KPL one and the DP one as well. 

19:35 - In Leudelange it's Diane Feipel Bisenius who comes first with 538 votes and in the municipality of Garnich it's Georges Fohl who gets the most votes (756). 

19:33 - In the commune of Echternach, the Green Party, the CSV and the LSAP each get three seats and the DP gets two.

19:30 - In Junglinster, the biggest commune in the east of the country, the CSV comes first with five seats, followed by the DP with four. The Green Party and the LSAP each got two seats. 

19:28 - In the commune of Contern, which include the towns of  Medingen,  Muhlbach, Moutfort, and Oetrange, the CSV gets the most seats (five) and the DP, LSAP and the Green Party each get two seats. 

In the majority commune of Esch-sur-Sûre it's Marco Schank who comes first with 867 votes. 

19:23 - In the commune of Koerich, Jean Wirion comes first with 647 votes, and in Redange/Attert it's Henri Gerkens with 827 votes. In Berdorf it's Suzette Seyler-Grommes who comes first with 354 votes. 

19:21 - In the Tuntange section of the Helperknapp commune, it's Christiane Eicher-Karier who received the most votes (904), and in the Boevange-sur-Attert it's Paul Mangen (1,084).

19:17 - In the Rosport section of the commune of Rosport-Mompach, Romain Osweiler comes first with 1,353 votes. In the Mompach section it's Stéphanie Weydert with 1,025 votes. 

19:16 - In Wiltz, the LSAP receives six seats, the CSV 5 and the DP two. In Mertert, the LSAP dominates with six seats. The CSV gets three and the DP two. 

19:13 - In Bertrange, the DP gets seven seats, the CSV three, the Green Party two and the LSAP one. 

19:11 - The CSV is also the clear winner in the commune of Rambrouch, where it wins six seats. The LSAP comes second with three seats and the DP third with two. 

19:07 - In Préizerdaul it's Marc Gergen who received the most votes (579) and in the commune of Reckange-sur-Mess it's Carlo Muller with 730. For Beckerich it's Thierry Lagoda with 830 votes who came first. 

19:06 - In Bissen, the CSV comes first with six seats and the group "Aer Leit" second with five seats. 

19:04 - In the commune of Steinfort, the LSAP gets the most seats (5) followed by the CSV (4) the DP (1) and the Green Party (1). 

19:03 - In Mondercange, the CSV and the LSAP each got five seats, the DP received two and the Green Party one. 

18:57 - In Remich, the DP wins 4 seats, Jacques Sitz-Gretsch received the most votes for them with 714, the CSV wins 3 seats and Mike Greiveldinger tops their list with 680 votes. The Green Party wins 2 seats with Henri Kox topping the list with 595 votes. The Pirate Party and the LSAP each got one seat, with Daniel Frères topping the Pirate Party's list with 423 votes and Guy Mathay coming first for the CSV with 364 votes. 

18:52 - In Troisvierges, the citizens' list "EBL" wins 7 seats while the CSV wins 4.  Edouard Théophile Mertens received the most votes for the EBL (1,229) and Romain Plümer for the CSV (727).

18:40 - In the municipality of Schengen it's Michel Gloden who comes first with 1,658 votes, he's followed by Jean-Paul Muller who got 1,404 votes. In Nommern it's Jean-Pierre Mühlen who tops the list with 440 votes, followed very, very, very closely by Franco Campana who comes second with 439 votes. 

18:36 - Vincent Reding comes first in Weiler-la-Tour 729 votes and in the commune of Schieren it's Eric Thill with 479 votes. 

18:28 - In the little commune of Bous, it's Jos Johanns who comes first with 486 votes. In Colmar-Berg it's Christian Miny with 515 votes, in Boulaide it's René Daubenfeld with 472 votes, in Wormeldange it's Max Hengel with 701 votes, in Vichten it's Luc Recken with 339 votes and in Lintgen it's Henri Wurth with 634. 

18:20 - The second proportional commune is out: Lorentzweiler. It's the group "Aer Leit" which comes out the strongest, winning six seats, compared to two for the Green Party and the CSV and one for the DP. 

Jos Roller of "Aer Leit" received the most votes with 1,307. Carole Ney Prim tops the Green Party list with 499 votes, Léon Wietor heads the CSV list with 760 votes and Joëlle Schmit the DP's with 312 votes. 

18:16 - In the Consthum section of the municipality of Parc Hosingen, Jos Degrand receives the most votes with 740. In the Hoscheid section it's Georges Majerus with 874 votes, and in the Hosingen section it's Romain Wester with 915 votes. 

18:07 -  In the commune of Consdorf, Edith Jeitz comes first with 610 votes, followed by Willy Hoffmann with 532 votes. 

Mayor André Poorters and alderman Camille Weiland both did not make it onto the communal council. Alderman Marco Bermes came very close too, winning just enough votes to make it onto the council. 

18:06 - In Vianden, Henri Majerus tops the list of candidates with 467 votes, in Kiischpelt, Yves Kaiser comes first with 356 votes and in Vichten, it's Luc Recken with 339. 

18:03 - In the commune of Weiswampach, Michel Deckenbrunnen comes first with 415 votes, in Heffingen it's Jérôme Seiler with 386 votes, in Erpeldange-sur-Sûre it's Claude Gleis with 795 votes, in Useldange it's Léon Bodem with 569 votes, and in Manternach it's Jean-Pierre Pol Hoffmann with 564 votes.

17:55 - The first results for a proportional-commune are out: Mamer. The CSV is clearly leading with six seats, followed by the Green Party and the LSAP (both three) and the DP with one seat. 

The candidate with the most votes for the CSV is Gilles Roth (2,651), for the Green Party it's Jean Paul Weydert (1,378), for the LSAP it's Roger Negri (2,191) and for the DP it's Sven Bindels (744). 

17:49 - In Bourscheid, Annie Theis Nickels is top with 508 votes and Jim Leweck second with 367 votes. In Waldbillig, Andrée Henx Greischer comes first with 543 votes and Serge Boonen second with 454 votes. 

17:44 - Check out the total results per commune as they come in on our interactive map here and on our homepage:

17:40 - In the commune of Wahl, Marco Assa tops the list with 399 votes. In Mertzig, Poiré Mike is first with 662 votes and in the municipality of Lac de la Haute-Sûre, René Michels beats his competitors with 578 votes. 

17:32 - In the commune of Flaxweiler Jean-Marie Sadler comes out at the top (538), followed by Roger Barthelmy (496). 

17:30 - In Bettendorf, José Vaz do Rio comes in first with 588 votes and in Lenningen, it's Daniel Hoffmann with 423 votes. 

17:26 - Results are now also in for the little commune of Saeul located in the west of the country. Raoul Clausse received the most votes (274), and Marc Fisch came second with 212 votes.

17:18 - The results for Beaufort and Dalheim are also in now. In Beaufort Camille Hoffmann comes in first with 612 votes and Emile Wies second with 471 votes. In Dalheim it's Joseph Heisbourg (627) who comes out top, and Nicolas Dicken (537) second. 

17:13 - In Biwer, LENTZ Marc Lentz is out first with 596 votes and Sylvie Steinmetz is second with 550 votes. 

17:10 - Octavie Modert Stronck comes out top in Stadbredimus with 539 votes, and Marco Albert second with 512. 

17:05 -Results for the communes of Vallée de l'Ernz, Goesdorf, Grosbous, Larochette as well as Ell are now in. 

In Vallée de L'Ernz, for the Medernach section, Bob Bintz comes first with 765 votes and Jeff Feller second with 657 votes. The Ermsdorf section has not been counted yet.

In Goesdorf, Christa Schmitz Majerus comes in at the top with 511 votes and Marc Siebenaller second with 464.

In Grosbous, Paul Engel, got the most votes (392) followed by Anne Steichen (337). 

In Larochette,  Natalie Silva received the most votes (471) while Mirko Martellini comes in second with 353 votes. 

In Ell it's Armand Schuh who is topping the candidates list with 387 votes, followed by Henri Rasqué with 324. 

16:48 - Unofficial results have already been published on the sites of the communes of DifferdangeandBettembourg.

In Differdange the Green Party is the clear winner, with the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) coming in second, followed by the Luxembourg Social People's Party (LSAP), the Democratic Party (DP), the Communist Party (KPL), the Left and the  Alternative Democratic Reform Party (adr).

In Bettembourg, the LSAP is coming out top, followed by the CSV, the Green Party, the DP and the adr. Those results are based on preliminary communications by the presidents of the 17 polling stations. 

16:40 - In Putscheid, a commune in the north of the country, Roger Zanter is top with 357 votes Conny Kanivé Hermes is second with 293 votes. Former mayor Jean Kinn will no longer belong to the next municipal council, he only came in 10th with 178 votes. 

16:26 - We now have the results for Fischbach and Septfontaines too. In Fischbach, Fränk Daems received the most votes with 409 and Patrick Grotz is second with 306. In Septfontaines Manou Decker tops the results with 266 votes and Astrid Mosel-Kneip comes in second with 178. 

16:16 - For those who need a reminder on the differences between a "majority-commune" and a "proportional-commune": The municipal elections are based on two different systems: the majority system and the proportional system. The type of system depends on the size of the commune. Municipalities of less than 3,000 inhabitants are have a "majority" system, there the candidates stand individually and parties only play only a secondary role. The system is different in the proportional communes, where candidates join together on lists. These are mainly parties, but sometimes also free groups.  

For more information on how the elections work, including how seats are allocated after the vote, check out our guide to the communal elections.

16:05 - The first results are in! In Waldbredimus, a majority-commune in the south east of the country, Louis Bernard Victor Oberhag received the most votes with 374. Jean-Paul Thiltges comes in second with 291 votes. 

For the full list of results for Waldbredimus check out our interactive map on our homepage and further down in this blog.

15:40 - Here are some more pictures of the count in the commune of Rumelange, where the polling station officials are assiduously counting the votes.

15:25 - Although the elections today are countrywide, inhabitants in the Bech, Feulen and Winseler municipalities did not get to vote today. The number of candidates in those three communes, was either equal or to, or lower, than the number of seats that need to be filled.

15:16 - As counting is underway, more and more photos are coming in from our photographers all around the country:

14:49 - The first results are expected in the small communes of Saeul, Septfontaines and Wahl, as they each have less than 1,000 inhabitants. 

14:36 - Taking pictures of your dog at a polling station is a trend which is already quite popular in Britain but not as much in Luxembourg. We think it's a great trend, so as we wait for the first results to come in, here's a picture of Dolly the dog at a polling station in Luxembourg this morning: 

14:22 - Polls now closed 22 minutes ago! Check out our interactive results map, which is automatically updated on our homepage.

14:06 - Last set of photos from various polling stations:

13:45 - 15 minutes until polling stations close all across the Grand Duchy. 

A total of 286,683 voters have been called to cast their votes, including 34,726 non-Luxembourgers.

13:35 - Photos from polling station in Bonnevoie:

13:27 - Photos from polling station in Steinfort:

13:15 - A new set of pictures are available from polling stations in Differdange, the third largest city in Luxembourg, where a total of 11,147 people are expected to cast their votes. 

Compared to the 2011 elections, the number of voters registered in the city increased by 1,800.

Polling stations will close their doors all across the country at 14:00.

10:33 -The 2017 communal elections are underway all across the Grand-Duchy.

These are the first impressions from polling stations in the capital:    

Read more about the parties and what they stand for in Luxembourg communal elections.

(By Barbara Tasch, Heledd Pritchard and Roxana Mironescu)