1999 Luxembourg general election

1999 Luxembourg general election

13 June 1999

All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
31 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout86.51% ( 1.79 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
CSV Jean-Claude Juncker 29.73 19 −2
LSAP Robert Goebbels 23.74 13 −4
DP Lydie Polfer 21.59 15 +3
Greens No spitzenkandidat 10.37 5 0
ADR Gast Gibéryen 9.10 7 +2
The Left No spitzenkandidat 3.76 1 New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Results by commune
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Jean-Claude Juncker
CSV
Jean-Claude Juncker
CSV

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]

Candidates

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

Results

PartyRaw resultsWeighted results[a]Seats+/–
Votes%Votes%
Christian Social People's Party870,98529.7353,83930.0919–2
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party695,71823.7440,01322.3613–4
Democratic Party632,70721.5939,92522.3115+3
Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice303,73410.3720,16211.277+2
The Greens266,6449.1016,2379.0750
The Left110,2743.765,9413.321New
Green and Liberal Alliance32,0141.091,9151.070New
The Taxpayer12,5430.436550.370New
Party of the Third Age5,3820.182570.140New
Total2,930,001100.00178,944100.00600
Valid votes178,88093.52
Invalid/blank votes12,3876.48
Total votes191,267100.00
Registered voters/turnout221,10386.51
Source: Elections in Luxembourg, Nohlen & Stöver, STATEC

By locality

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.[4]

Votes by constituency

Constituency CSV LSAP DP ADR Gréng Lénk GaL Steierzueler Pv3A
Centre 278,570 28.0 171107 30.1 298,629 17.2 94,343 9.5 95,973 9.7 28,015 2.8 14,231 1.4 12,532 1.3
East 48,767 32.4 27,037 24.6 36,935 18.0 20,403 13.6 13,007 8.6 2,458 1.6 1,680 1.1
North 80,682 31.3 42,643 24.3 62,371 16.5 43,146 16.7 23,640 9.2 3,656 1.4 1,986 0.8
South 462,365 30.3 454,150 15.4 234,459 29.8 145,335 9.5 133,534 8.7 76,105 5.0 14,100 0.9 5,336 0.4

Seats by constituency

Constituency Total
seats
Seats won
CSV LSAP DP ADR Gréng Lénk
Centre 21 6 4 7 2 2
East 7 3 1 2 1
North 9 3 1 2 2 1
South 23 7 7 4 2 2 1

Notes

  1. ^ Calculated separately for each constituency (rounded to the nearest whole number) using the formula:

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. ^ "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.