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LuxCitizenship has created this page for Luxembourg Dual Citizens through ancestry wanting to learn about elections in the Grand Duchy.
The next elections in Luxembourg will take place in 2028. This page remains open as a resource about elections in Luxembourg.
If you make the personal choice to vote, we believe that it’s important to inform yourself about Luxembourg’s elections & democracy. We’ve created this page to help guide you.
Citizens living outside of Luxembourg have the right to request an absentee ballot for the Legislative and European elections.
If you have a motivated, personal reason to vote in Luxembourg’s elections, the first step you should take is informing yourself about the parties and candidates. Luxembourg is a multiparty democracy.
ADR: Alternative Democratic Reform
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CSV: Christian Social People’s Party
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Déi Gréng: The Greens
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Déi Lénk: The Left
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Demokratesch Partei
The Liberals
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LSAP:
Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party
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Piraten:
The Pirates
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We suggest that you follow some of Luxembourg’s English language news sources.
Here are the steps to follow to register to vote by absentee ballot in Luxembourg’s upcoming election.
Registration to vote is currently: CLOSED
Please note that this video was recorded for the Legislative elections in October 2023. Generally, the process works almost exactly the same way.
Please note that this video was recorded for the Legislative elections in October 2023. Generally, the process works almost exactly the same way.
On April 1st, 2023, representatives from 5 Luxembourg political parties attended an event on Luxembourg’s elections for dual citizens in Florianopolis, Brazil. Click “CC” for subtitles on this video.
Have questions about Luxembourg’s election? Send it to us. Your question may be featured in the FAQ.
All Luxembourgish citizens have the right to vote in Luxembourg’s elections. While it is mandatory for adult Luxembourg citizens living in the Grand Duchy to vote in all elections, voting is OPTIONAL for citizens residing abroad. Citizens living abroad have the right to request to vote via an absentee ballot, called voting by correspondence in Luxembourg. The reality in Luxembourg is that nearly 50% of the country’s population is made up of foreigners who do not have the right to vote in Luxembourg’s legislative/national election. Therefore, it is not without controversy that Luxembourg’s newest citizens who have never lived in the country do have the right to vote. This has now been commented upon repeatedly in the media in Luxembourg. Our suggestion to you is to ask yourself, “Do I have a serious and personal reason to vote in the elections in a country that I don’t currently reside in?” If you have a clear, personalized answer to that question, we’d encourage you to also ask yourself, “do I feel that I have been following current events in Luxembourg and understand who are the parties, candidates, and what do they stand for?” With these two questions, we believe that you can help better make a clear decision for yourself.
Luxembourg does not have any form of in-person voting from abroad. The only option is to request an absentee ballot and return it via mail to Luxembourg. There is not the possibility to turn the absentee ballot into the Embassy in Washington or the Consulates in NY/SF.
You must be a registered resident of Luxembourg in order to be put on the electoral roster and have the possibility to vote in person. So if you are just visiting Luxembourg on the date of the election, it is not possible to vote in person or request a provisional ballot. If you do move to Luxembourg, there are separate timelines to respect to register to vote in person and you should check the website of your commune of residence for more information about the deadline to keep in mind.
According to Luxembourg’s electoral law, a Luxembourgish citizen living abroad wishing to request an absentee ballot must provide a copy of “their unexpired passport” as part of their application. To be clear, the policy view of the Luxembourgish government is that it must be a “Luxembourgish passport,” although it is not explicitly written as such in the electoral law. A Luxembourg nationality certificate proves you have citizenship, but doesn’t prove your identity. You must prove both at the same time to request an absentee ballot. Therefore, you must provide either a copy or your unexpired Luxembourgish passport or the government equally accepts a copy of an unexpired Luxembourgish national identity card (Carte d’identité).