Party of Independents of the East

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The Party of Independents of the East (French: Parti des Indépendants de l'Est) was a political party in Luxembourg.

History

Headed by Othon Decker, the Cartel list contested the 1919 general elections, receiving 3% of the vote and winning one seat. By the 1925 elections it had become the Independent Left (Luxembourgish: Onofhängeg Lénkspartei) under Decker's leadership. The 1925 elections saw the party's vote share increase to 5% as it won two seats. It retained both seats in the partial elections in 1928, and did not contest the partial elections of 1931.

By the 1934 elections it had been renamed Party of Independents of the East.^[1] Increasing its vote share to 12%, the party won three seats in the Chamber of Deputies. It did not contest the 1937 partial elections in the north of the country.

Following World War II, the party received just 1.6% of the vote in the 1945 elections, winning a single seat. It did not contest any further elections,^[2] instead running as Socialist Independents of the East alongside the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party.^[1]

References

1 2 Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1249 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1250

Political parties in Luxembourg

Chamber of Deputies	Christian Social People's Party (23) Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (13) Democratic Party (13) The Greens (6) Alternative Democratic Reform Party (3) The Left (2)

Extraparliamentary	Citizens' List Communist Party Pirate Party Party for Full Democracy

Defunct parties

Pre-1945	Free List of Farmers, the Middle Class and Workers Independent National Party Independent Party of the Right Independent People's Party Left Liberals Liberal League Liberal Party National Independent Union Party of Farmers and the Middle Class Party of Independents of the East Party of the Right Progressive Democratic Party of the North Radical Liberal Party Radical Party Radical Socialist Party Volksdeutsche Bewegung

Post-1945	Communist League Enrôlés de Force Free Party Green and Liberal Alliance Independent Socialist Party National Movement New Left Popular Independent Movement Social Democratic Party The Taxpayer Party of the Third Age Popular Independent Movement Revolutionary Socialist Party

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