Steinfort was the first southern municipality with proportional representation to publish its results. The LSAP gained two seats and secured a majority with seven out of eleven seats on the local council. Samy Wagner was surprised by the results, but argued that they speak to people’s satisfaction with the party’s work during the last legislative period.
The CSV was the clear winner in Mamer as they gained one seat on the municipal council to now hold seven. MP Gilles Roth argued that people were happy with the CSV-LSAP coalition, a notion that Francine Closner from the LSAP also shared.
A clear victory for the LSAP in Differdange became apparent early on in the evening. The socialists won two seats on the council, the CSV one seat. The Greens meanwhile lost close to 22% compared to the 2017 elections. This means that they now trail the DP, which won one seat.
A tight race took place in Esch-sur-Alzette, the largest southern municipality. The LSAP beat the CSV with a slight margin, 57,719 over 57,638 votes.
In Rumelange, the LSAP gained one seat and thereby won back the majority lost in 2017, much to the satisfaction of Mayor Henri Haine.
After incumbent Mayor Pierre Melina from the CSV already announced before the elections that he no longer intends to take on a mandate in Pétange, the party lost 12% and two seats. This is the party’s worst result in the local election in two decades. The LSAP’s Romain Mertzig came out on top of the vote. The Pirate Party gained two seats, which puts them in a position to potentially form a coalition with the DP and the LSAP.
