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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in Luxembourg on 13 June 1999, [1] 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. [2] It formed a coalition government with the Democratic Party. [3]
| List # | Party | Running in | Existing seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre | Est | Nord | Sud | ||||
| 1 | The Left |  | | | | 0 | |
| 2 | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) | | | | | 17 | |
| 3 | Democratic Party (DP) | | | | | 12 | |
| 4 | Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice | | | | | 5 | |
| 5 | Green and Liberal Alliance (GaL) | | | | | 0 | |
| 6 | Christian Social People's Party (CSV) | | | | | 21 | |
| 7 | The Greens | | | | | 5 | |
| 8 | The Taxpayer | |  | | | 0 | |
| 9 | Party of the Third Age | | | | | 0 | |
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Christian Social People's Party | 870,985 | 29.73 | 19 | –2 | |
| Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party | 695,718 | 23.74 | 13 | –4 | |
| Democratic Party | 632,707 | 21.59 | 15 | +3 | |
| Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice | 303,734 | 10.37 | 7 | +2 | |
| The Greens | 266,644 | 9.10 | 5 | 0 | |
| The Left | 110,274 | 3.76 | 1 | New | |
| Green and Liberal Alliance | 32,014 | 1.09 | 0 | New | |
| The Taxpayer | 12,543 | 0.43 | 0 | New | |
| Party of the Third Age | 5,382 | 0.18 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 2,930,001 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 178,880 | 93.52 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 12,387 | 6.48 | |||
| Total votes | 191,267 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 221,103 | 86.51 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, STATEC | |||||
The CSV won pluralities in three of the four circonscriptions, falling behind the Democratic Party in Centre (around Luxembourg City) but beating the LSAP in its core Sud constituency. Much of the realignment nationally can be explained by a weakening of the LSAP's position in Sud, which has the most seats and where the LSAP's share of the vote fell from 33.5% to 29.8%, to the advantage of both the CSV and the DP. [4]
| CSV | DP | LSAP | ADR | Greens | The Left | GaL | Taxpayer | Pv3A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre | 28.0% | 30.1% | 17.2% | 9.5% | 9.7% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 1.3% | - |
| Est | 32.4% | 24.6% | 18.0% | 13.6% | 8.6% | 1.6% | 1.1% | - | - |
| Nord | 31.3% | 24.3% | 16.5% | 16.7% | 9.2% | 1.4% | 0.8% | - | - |
| Sud | 30.3% | 15.4% | 29.8% | 9.5% | 8.7% | 5.0% | 0.9% | - | 0.4% |
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