2024 European Parliament election in Luxembourg

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2024 European Parliament election in Luxembourg
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  2019 9 June 2024

All 6 Luxembourgish seats to the European Parliament
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Isabel Santos-Lima (2018).jpg Marc Angel January 2023.jpg Charles Goerens 2014 (cropped).jpg
Leader Isabel Wiseler-Santos Lima Marc Angel Charles Goerens
Party CSV LSAP DP
Alliance EPP S&D RE
Last election2 seats, 21.1%1 seat, 12.2%2 seats, 21.4%
Seats won211
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote317,334300,879253,344
Percentage22.9%21.7%18.3%
SwingIncrease2.svg 1.8ppIncrease2.svg 9.5ppDecrease2.svg 3.2pp

 Fourth partyFifth party
  Tilly Metz, 2022 (cropped).jpg Fernand Kartheiser, IEIS conference <<Russia and the EU the question of trust>>-103.jpg
Leader Tilly Metz Fernand Kartheiser
Party Greens ADR
Alliance Greens/EFA ECR
Last election1 seat, 18.9%0 seats, 10.0%
Seats won11
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote162,955162,849
Percentage11.8%11.8%
SwingDecrease2.svg 7.1ppIncrease2.svg 1.7pp

2024 European Parliament Election in Luxembourg.svg
Results of the election by commune

The 2024 European Parliament elections in Luxembourg were held on 9 June 2024 as part of the 2024 European Parliament election. This was the first to take place after Brexit. [1]

Contents

Background

Along with Cyprus and Malta, Luxembourg is the smallest constituency electing 6 Members of the European Parliament. [2]

Opinion polls

No opinion polls are expected to be done for the European Parliament election in Luxembourg. The results of recent elections are shown in the absence of that.

Polling executionParties
Polling

firm

Fieldwork

date

Sample

size

DP
Renew
CSV
EPP
Greens
G/EFA
LSAP
S&D
ADR
ECR
Pirate
G/EFA
Lénk
Left
Volt
G/EFA
KPL DK Fokus
Others
2023 general election [3] 19.1
(2)
29.3
(3)
8.3
(0)
18.2
(1)
9.6
(0)
6.7
(0)
3.6
(0)
0.2
(0)
0.5
(0)
1.4
(0)
2.6
(0)
2023 municipal elections [4] 19.8
(1)
26.5
(2)
11.6
(1)
21.9
(2)
20.3
(0)
2019 EP election [5] 21.4
(2)
21.1
(2)
18.9
(1)
12.2
(1)
10.0
(0)
7.7
(0)
4.8
(0)
2.1
(0)
1.1
(0)
0.5
(0)


Results

The Alternative Democratic Reform Party won its first ever seat in a European Union election.

PartyVotes%Seats
Christian Social People's Party 317,33422.912
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 300,87921.721
Democratic Party 253,34418.291
The Greens 162,95511.761
Alternative Democratic Reform Party 162,84911.761
Pirate Party Luxembourg 68,0854.920
The Left 43,7013.150
Fokus 22,2221.600
Volt Luxembourg 14,3481.040
Communist Party of Luxembourg 13,3680.970
We the People  [ lb ]11,8380.850
The Conservatives 8,0440.580
Together – The Bridge  [ lb ]6,1720.450
Total1,385,139100.006
Valid votes238,77190.85
Invalid/blank votes24,0589.15
Total votes262,829100.00
Registered voters/turnout319,41082.29
Source: Government of Luxembourg

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