1979 Luxembourg general election
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General elections were held in Luxembourg on 10 June 1979.[1] The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 24 of the 59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] After spending the previous four years in opposition, it returned to government in coalition with the Democratic Party, resulting in the Werner-Thorn Ministry.[3]
Results
Party | Votes | %[a] | Seats | +/– | |
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style="background-color: Template:Christian Social People's Party/meta/color" | | Christian Social People's Party | 1,049,390 | 36.4 | 24 | +6 |
style="background-color: Template:Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" | | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party | 787,863 | 22.5 | 14 | –3 |
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Luxembourg)/meta/color" | | Democratic Party | 648,404 | 21.9 | 15 | +1 |
style="background-color: Template:Social Democratic Party (Luxembourg)/meta/color" | | Social Democratic Party | 181,805 | 6.4 | 2 | –3 |
style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of Luxembourg/meta/color" | | Communist Party of Luxembourg | 177,286 | 4.9 | 2 | –3 |
Enrôlés de Force | 135,360 | 4.6 | 1 | New | |
Independent Socialist Party | 66,909 | 2.0 | 1 | New | |
Alternative List - Wiert Iech | 30,269 | 0.9 | 0 | New | |
Liberal Party | 6,133 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | |
Others | 7,834 | 0.2 | 0 | – | |
Invalid/blank votes | 13,101 | – | – | – | |
Total | 188,909 | 100 | 59 | 0 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 212,614 | 88.9 | – | – | |
Source: Nohlen & Stöver |
a The percentage of votes is not related to the number of votes in the table, as voters could cast more votes in some constituencies than others, and is instead calculated based on the proportion of votes received in each constituency.[4]
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1262
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1236
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1254