1994 Luxembourg general election

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1994 Luxembourg general election
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  1989 12 June 1994 1999  

All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
31 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout88.30% (Increase2.svg 0.91 pp)
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]

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.