Circonscription Nord is an electoral constituency

Legislative circonscriptions (Luxembourg)

A legislative circonscription is a multi-member electoral constituency that elects representatives to Luxembourg's unicameral national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies....

 for Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

's national legislature

Legislature

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, the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

The Chamber of Deputies , abbreviated to the Chamber, is the unicameral national legislature of Luxembourg. 'Krautmaart' is sometimes used as a metonym for the Chamber, after the square on which the Hôtel de la Chambre is located....

.

It includes the cantons

Cantons of Luxembourg

||The districts of Luxembourg are divided into 12 cantons. These cantons are subdivided into 116 communes. The cantons, listed by district, include:Diekirch District*Clervaux *Diekirch *Redange *Vianden *Wiltz Grevenmacher District...

 of Clervaux

Clervaux (canton)

Clervaux is a canton in the north of Luxembourg, in the Diekirch District. The capital is Clervaux.The canton consists of the following eight communes:*Clervaux*Consthum*Heinerscheid*Hosingen*Munshausen*Troisvierges*Weiswampach*Wincrange...

, Diekirch

Diekirch (canton)

Diekirch is a canton in Luxembourg in Diekirch District, consisting of 12 communes:*Bettendorf*Bourscheid*Diekirch*Ermsdorf*Erpeldange*Ettelbruck*Feulen*Hoscheid*Medernach*Mertzig*Reisdorf*Schieren...

, Redange

Redange (canton)

Redange is a canton in the west of Luxembourg, in the Diekirch District. The capital is Redange, otherwise known as Redange-sur-Attert.The canton consists of the following 10 communes:*Beckerich*Ell*Grosbous*Préizerdaul*Rambrouch*Redange*Saeul...

, Vianden

Vianden (canton)

Vianden is a canton in the north of Luxembourg, in the Diekirch District. The capital is Vianden.The canton consists of the following 3 communes:*Putscheid*Tandel*ViandenThe canton's land area is currently 78.52 km²...

, and Wiltz

Wiltz (canton)

Wiltz is a canton in the north-west of Luxembourg. Its capital is the city of Wiltz. It covers an area of 264.55 km², and it has a population of 12,460. It consists of ten communes:* Boulaide* Esch-sur-Sûre* Eschweiler* Goesdorf* Heiderscheid...

. Its boundaries are coterminous with those of the district of Diekirch

Diekirch (district)

The District of Diekirch is one of three districts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It contains 5 cantons divided into 43 communes:#Clervaux#*Clervaux#*Consthum#*Heinerscheid#*Hosingen#*Munshausen#*Troisvierges#*Weiswampach#*Wincrange#Diekirch...

. , Nord has an estimated population of 70,826, or 16% of Luxembourg's total population.

Nord currently elects 9 deputies. Under Luxembourg's electoral system, which is a form of the Hagenbach-Bischoff System

Hagenbach-Bischoff system

The Hagenbach-Bischoff system is a variant of the D'Hondt method, used for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. It usually uses the Hagenbach-Bischoff quota for allocating seats, and for any seats remaining the D'Hondt method is then applied so that the first and subsequent...

, that means that each voter can cast votes for up to 9 different candidates. Voting in Luxembourg is compulsory

Compulsory voting

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. Together, these two factors mean that there are far more votes cast than there are members of the electorate.

Christian Social People's Party

• Marie-Josée Jacobs
  Marie-Josée Jacobs
  Marie-Josée Jacobs is a politician from Luxembourg.Jacobs has been active in the Lëtzebuerger Chrëschtleche Gewerkschaftsbond . In 1984 she became a parliamentarian. Since 1992 she has served in the Cabinet as Minister of Family, Integration, and Equal Opportunities. Jacobs is a member of the...
  
  
• Ali Kaes
  Ali Kaes
  Ali Kaes is a Luxembourgian politician for the Christian Social People's Party. He is a member of the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Nord constituency since the 2004 election....
  
  
• Marco Schank
  Marco Schank
  Marco Schank is a Luxembourgian politician for the Christian Social People's Party and author. He is a member of the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Nord constituency since 2 February 1999.He has been the mayor of Heiderscheid since 1 January 1994...
  
  
• Lucien Weiler
  Lucien Weiler
  Lucien Weiler is a Luxembourgian politician and jurist. He is a member of the Christian Social People's Party, and served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 3 August 2004 to 7 June 2009...
  
  

Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice

• Jean Colombera
  Jean Colombera
  Jean Colombera is a politician and physician in Luxembourg. He currently sits as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Alternative Democratic Reform Party, representing the Nord constituency....
  
  
• Jean-Pierre Koepp
  Jean-Pierre Koepp
  Jean-Pierre Koepp was a politician and restaurateur in Luxembourg. He was a representative of the Alternative Democratic Reform Party , having been one of the ADR's founder-members and one of their first members of the Chamber of Deputies, in which he has sat between 1989 and 2009.Koepp was...