Luxembourg general election, 1999

Luxembourg legislative election, 1999
All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies ; 31 seats were needed for a majority
	Results:; CSV DP LSAP
Prime Minister before election; Jean-Claude Juncker ; CSV	Prime Minister-designate; Jean-Claude Juncker ; CSV

Last updated April 21, 2019

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]

Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a small landlocked country in western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital, Luxembourg City, is one of the three official capitals of the European Union and the seat of the European Court of Justice, the highest judicial authority in the EU. Its culture, people, and languages are highly intertwined with its neighbours, making it essentially a mixture of French and German cultures, as evident by the nation's three official languages: French, German, and the national language, Luxembourgish. The repeated invasions by Germany, especially in World War II, resulted in the country's strong will for mediation between France and Germany and, among other things, led to the foundation of the European Union.

The Christian Social People's Party, abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian-democratic ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, is strongly pro-European. The CSV is a member of the European People's Party (EPP) and the Centrist Democrat International (CDI).

Candidates

List #	Party		Running in				Existing seats
List #	Party		Centre	Est	Nord	Sud	Existing seats
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

Results

Party		Votes	%^[a]	Seats	+/–
	Christian Social People's Party	870,985	30.1	19	–2
	Democratic Party	632,707	22.4	15	+3
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	695,718	22.3	13	–4
	Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice	303,734	11.3	7	+2
	The Greens	266,644	9.1	5	0
	The Left	110,274	3.3	1	New

	Green and Liberal Alliance	32,014	1.1	0	New
	The Taxpayer	17,925	0.5	0	New
	Party of the Third Age	17,925	0.5	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		12,387	–	–	–
Total		191,267	100	60	0
Registered voters/turnout		221,103	86.5	–	–
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]

Popular Vote

CSV			30.10%
DP			22.35%
LSAP			22.29%
ADR			11.31%
Déi Gréng			9.08%
Déi Lénk			3.30%
GaL			1.07%
Others			0.50%

Seats

CSV			31.67%
DP			25.00%
LSAP			21.67%
ADR			11.67%
Déi Gréng			8.33%
Déi Lénk			1.67%

Results 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 eastern suburbs. Luxembourg legislative election 1999 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 eastern suburbs.

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.^[5]

Luxembourg City Commune in Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Luxembourg, also known as Luxembourg City, is the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and the country's most populous commune. Standing at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse rivers in southern Luxembourg, the city lies at the heart of Western Europe, situated 213 km (132 mi) by road from Brussels, 372 km (231 mi) from Paris, and 209 km (130 mi) from Cologne. The city contains Luxembourg Castle, established by the Franks in the Early Middle Ages, around which a settlement developed.

	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%

The CSV won pluralities across almost all of the country, winning more votes than any other party in 86 of the country's (then) 118 communes. The LSAP won pluralities in 14 communes, mostly in the Red Lands in the south. The DP won 18 communes, particularly in its heartland of Luxembourg City and the surrounding communes.^[5]

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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
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 2008-03-01.

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[NS-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] Nohlen & Stöver, p1254

[Répartition_des_suffrages_par_commune-5] 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 2008-03-01.

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