1994 Luxembourg general election

Last updated

1994 Luxembourg general election
Flag of Luxembourg.svg
  1989 12 June 1994 1999  

All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
31 seats were needed for a majority
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
CSV Jacques Santer 29.7121−1
LSAP Jacques Poos 26.7017−1
DP Charles Goerens 18.3512+1
Greens 10.185+1
ADR Robert Mehlen 8.175+1
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Luxembourg legislative election 1994 communes map.png
Results by commune
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Jacques Santer
CSV
Jacques Santer
CSV

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 12 June 1994, [1] alongside European Parliament elections. The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 21 of the 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. [2] It continued the coalition government with the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party. [3]

Contents

Candidates

List #PartyRunning inExisting seats
Centre Est Nord Sud
1 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg 18
2 National Movement Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg 0
3 The Greens Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg 4
4 Christian Social People's Party (CSV) Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg 21 [4]
5 Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice (ADR) Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg 4 [4] [5]
6 Communist Party (KPL) Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg 0
7 Democratic Party (DP) Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg Yes check.svg 12 [5]
8Group for the Sovereignty of Luxembourg (GLS) Yes check.svg Red x.svg Red x.svg Red x.svg 0
9New Left Red x.svg Red x.svg Red x.svg Yes check.svg 0
10Neutral and Independent Human Rights Party (NOMP) Yes check.svg Red x.svg Red x.svg Yes check.svg 0
11Luxembourg Association for an Improved Future (ALFA) Red x.svg Red x.svg Red x.svg Yes check.svg 0
12Party for Regional and Real Politics (PRP) Yes check.svg Red x.svg Red x.svg Red x.svg 0

Results

Composition Chambre des deputes du Luxembourg 12-06-1994.svg
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian Social People's Party 887,65129.7121–1
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 797,54026.7017–1
Democratic Party 548,24618.3512+1
Green List Ecological Initiative–Green Alternative Party 303,99110.185+1
Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice 244,0458.175+1
National Movement 82,5812.7600
Communist Party of Luxembourg 57,6461.930–1
New Left25,9400.870New
Neutral and Independent Human Rights Party18,8430.630New
Group for the Sovereignty of Luxembourg16,1600.540New
Party for Regional and Real Politics3,6750.120New
Luxembourg Association for an Improved Future1,2350.040New
Total2,987,553100.00600
Valid votes179,27693.51
Invalid/blank votes12,4486.49
Total votes191,724100.00
Registered voters/turnout217,13188.30
Source: Government of Luxembourg

By locality

The CSV (orange) won most of the countryside, whilst the LSAP (red) won the major towns in the Red Lands and the DP (light blue) won Luxembourg City and its western suburbs. Luxembourg legislative election 1994 communes map.png
The CSV (orange) won most of the countryside, whilst the LSAP (red) won the major towns in the Red Lands and the DP (light blue) won Luxembourg City and its western suburbs.

The CSV won pluralities in three of the four circonscriptions, coming behind the LSAP in that party's Sud stronghold. The CSV's vote was remarkably consistent across the whole of the country, whereas the other two main parties' votes varied wildly (particularly in Sud). The Greens and ADR won disproportionate number of votes in the east-central region and north respectively. [6]

CSVLSAPDPGreensADRKPLOther
Centre29.2%18.9%27.1%10.7%7.8%1.1%5.2%
Est32.6%23.1%21.3%9.1%11.4%0.6%2.1%
Nord33.2%19.1%22.8%8.4%13.9%0.8%1.8%
Sud29.3%33.5%11.6%10.2%7.1%2.8%5.6%

The CSV won pluralities across most of the country, winning more votes than any other party in 86 of the country's (then) 118 communes. The LSAP won pluralities in 21 communes, primarily in the Red Lands in the south. The DP won 12 communes, particularly in its heartland of Luxembourg City and the surrounding communes. [6]

Related Research Articles

Luxembourg is a parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, whereby the prime minister is the head of government, and the multi-party system. Executive power is under the constitution of 1868, as amended, exercised by the government, by the grand duke and the Council of Government (cabinet), which consists of a prime minister and several other ministers. Usually, the prime minister is the leader of the political party or coalition of parties having the most seats in parliament. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Christian Social People's Party</span> Political party in Luxembourg

The Christian Social People's Party is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian democratic and conservative ideology and has been described as centre to centre-right. Furthermore, akin to most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European. The CSV is a member of the Christian Group, European People's Party, and the Centrist Democrat International.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Democratic Party (Luxembourg)</span> Political party in Luxembourg

The Democratic Party, is the major social-liberal political party in Luxembourg. One of the three major parties, the DP sits on the centre to centre-right, holding moderate market liberal views combined with a strong emphasis on civil liberties, human rights, and internationalism.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2004 Luxembourg general election</span>

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 13 June 2004, alongside European Parliament elections. The ruling Christian Social People's Party (CSV) of Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker won the election, increasing its number of seats to its highest since before 1989 and its share of the vote to levels not seen since the 1959 election.

Elections in Luxembourg are held to determine the political composition of the representative institutions of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Luxembourg is a liberal representative democracy, with universal suffrage guaranteed under its constitution. Elections are held regularly, and are considered to be fair and free.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alternative Democratic Reform Party</span> Political party in Luxembourg

The Alternative Democratic Reform Party is a conservative and mildly populist political party in Luxembourg. It has five seats in the sixty-seat Chamber of Deputies, making it the fourth-largest party. In 2024, the party received its first seat in the European Parliament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South (Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg constituency)</span> Constituency of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg

South is one of the four multi-member constituencies of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg. The constituency was established in 1919 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Chamber of Deputies. It consists of the cantons of Capellen and Esch-sur-Alzette. The constituency currently elects 23 of the 60 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2023 general election it had 111,884 registered electors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East (Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg constituency)</span> Constituency of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg

East is one of the four multi-member constituencies of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg. The constituency was established in 1919 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Chamber of Deputies. It consists of the cantons of Echternach, Grevenmacher and Remich. The constituency currently elects seven of the 60 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2023 general election it had 40,246 registered electors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North (Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg constituency)</span> Constituency of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg

North is one of the four multi-member constituencies of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg. The constituency was established in 1919 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Chamber of Deputies. It consists of the cantons of Clervaux, Diekirch, Redange, Vianden and Wiltz. The constituency currently elects nine of the 60 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2023 general election it had 52,922 registered electors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Centre (Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg constituency)</span> Constituency of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg

Centre is one of the four multi-member constituencies of the Chamber of Deputies, the national legislature of Luxembourg. The constituency was established in 1919 following the introduction of proportional representation for elections to the Chamber of Deputies. It consists of the cantons of Luxembourg and Mersch. The constituency currently elects 21 of the 60 members of the Chamber of Deputies using the open party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2023 general election it had 81,687 registered electors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1999 Luxembourg general election</span>

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 13 June 1999, alongside European Parliament elections. The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 19 of the 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. It formed a coalition government with the Democratic Party.

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 7 June 1964. Despite receiving fewer votes than the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) remained the largest party, winning 22 of the 56 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. Following the elections, the Werner-Cravatte Government was formed, a coalition between the CSV and the LSAP. Pierre Werner remained Prime Minister, and Henry Cravatte became his Deputy Prime Minister. This put an end to the previous government, a CSV–Democratic coalition, the Werner-Schaus Ministry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Santer-Poos I Government</span> Government of Luxembourg in 1980s

The Santer-Poos I Government was the government of Luxembourg between 20 July 1984 and 14 July 1989. It was the first of three led by Prime Minister Jacques Santer, and the first to have Jacques Poos as Deputy Prime Minister.

The Social Democratic Party, abbreviated to PSD, was a social democratic political party in Luxembourg, active between 1971 and 1984.

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 7 June 2009, together with the 2009 election to the European Parliament. All sixty members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected for five years. The polls were topped by the Christian Social People's Party, which built upon its already high number of seats to achieve a commanding victory, with the highest vote share and number of seats of any party since 1954. Incumbent prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who was the longest-serving head of government in the European Union, renewed the coalition agreement with Deputy Prime Minister and Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party leader Jean Asselborn and formed the Juncker-Asselborn Ministry II, which was sworn in on 23 July 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Santer-Poos II Government</span> Government of Luxembourg

The Santer-Poos II Government was the government of Luxembourg between 14 July 1989 and 13 July 1994. It was the second of three led by, and named after, Prime Minister Jacques Santer. Throughout the ministry, the Deputy Prime Minister was Jacques Poos.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2013 Luxembourg general election</span>

Early general elections were held in Luxembourg on 20 October 2013. The elections were called after Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, at the time the longest-serving head of government in the European Union, announced his resignation over a spy scandal involving the Service de Renseignement de l'État (SREL). The review found Juncker deficient in his control over the service.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Luxembourg general election</span>

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 14 October 2018. All 60 seats of the Chamber of Deputies were renewed.

The 2017 Luxembourg communal elections were held on 8 October to elect the communal councils of the 102 municipalities of Luxembourg.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Luxembourg general election</span>

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 8 October 2023 to elect all 60 seats of the Chamber of Deputies.

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN   978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1262
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1236
  4. 1 2 Fernand Rau was elected as a member of the Christian Social People's Party in 1989, but defected to the Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice.
  5. 1 2 Josy Simon was elected as a member of the Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice in 1989, but defected to the Democratic Party.
  6. 1 2 "Répartition des suffrages en % du total des voix exprimés par parti et par commune 1994-2004" (in French). Statec. 15 October 2004. Retrieved 2008-03-17.