Luxembourg general election, 2004

Luxembourg general election, 2004
All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies ; 31 seats were needed for a majority
	Results:; CSV LSAP DP
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 2004,^[1] 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.

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).

As expected, the CSV won a plurality of seats, adding 5 new deputies, and continued as the majority partner in the coalition government. However, the junior partner changed from the liberal Democratic Party (DP), which lost 5 seats, to the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), which gained one seat. The Greens also slightly increased their representation, whilst the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) lost ground.

The Democratic Party, abbreviated to DP, is the major 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.

The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social-democratic political party in Luxembourg. The LSAP is the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, having won 13 of 60 seats at the 2013 general election, and has one seat in the European Parliament. The LSAP is currently part of the Bettel–Schneider government, with Etienne Schneider of the LSAP serving as Deputy Prime Minister. Since March 2014, the party's President has been Claude Haagen.

The Greens is a green political party in Luxembourg.

The election coincided with the 2004 European Parliament election.

Candidates

List #	Party		Running in				Existing seats
List #	Party		Centre	Est	Nord	Sud	Existing seats
1		Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR)					7
2		Democratic Party (DP)					15
3		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)					13
4		The Greens					5
5		Christian Social People's Party (CSV)					19
6		The Left					1
7		Communist Party (KPL)					0
8		Free Party (FPL)					0

Results

Party		Votes	%^[a]	Seats	+/–
	Christian Social People's Party	1,103,825	36.1	24	+5
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	784,048	23.4	14	+1
	Democratic Party	460,601	16.1	10	–5
	The Greens	355,895	11.6	7	+2
	Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice	278,792	10.0	5	–2

	The Left	62,071	1.9	0	–1
	Communist Party of Luxembourg	35,524	0.9	0	New
	Free Party	1,925	0.1	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		11,182	–	–	–
Total		200,092	100	60	0
Registered voters/turnout		217,683	91.9	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Popular Vote

CSV			36.11%
LSAP			23.37%
DP			16.05%
Déi Gréng			11.58%
ADR			9.95%
Déi Lénk			1.90%
KPL			0.92%
FPL			0.12%

Seats

CSV			40.00%
LSAP			23.33%
DP			16.67%
Déi Gréng			11.67%
ADR			8.33%

^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.^[2]

By locality

The CSV (orange) won pluralities in almost all communes in the country, limiting the success of the LSAP (red) and DP (light blue). Luxembourg legislative election 2004 communes map.png — The CSV (orange) won pluralities in almost all communes in the country, limiting the success of the LSAP (red) and DP (light blue).

The CSV won pluralities in all four districts; in the previous election, the Democratic Party had won a plurality in Centre. However, the CSV won a better-than-average increase in their vote share in Luxembourg City (of 7.4%) and Centre generally (7.5%), wiping out the DP's advantage and winning 2 deputies in that circonscription alone. The CSV's vote remaining roughly constant across all circonscriptions (in all cases between 35.5% and 38.6%):

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	LSAP	DP	Greens	ADR	The Left	KPL	FPL
Centre	35.5%	18.8%	21.3%	13.6%	7.9%	2.0%	0.9%	0.0%
Est	38.6%	16.5%	19.1%	12.1%	12.3%	1.3%	0.0%	0.0%
Nord	36.3%	15.8%	20.2%	10.9%	14.7%	1.3%	0.0%	0.7%
Sud	35.6%	32.2%	9.5%	10.2%	8.4%	2.3%	1.7%	0.0%

The CSV won pluralities across almost all of the country, winning more votes than any other party in 111 of the country's (then) 118 communes. The LSAP won pluralities in five communes in the industrial Red Lands: Differdange, Dudelange, Kayl, Rumelange, Schifflange. The DP won the northern communes of Schieren and Préizerdaul.^[3]

Luxembourg's 102 Communes conform to LAU Level 2 and are the country's lowest administrative divisions.

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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, p1254
↑ "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, p1254

[3] "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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