Luxembourg general election, 1994

Luxembourg legislative election, 1994

12 June 1994

All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 31 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Jacques Santer	Jacques Poos	Charles Goerens
Party	CSV	LSAP	DP
Last election	22 seats, 32.4%	18 seats, 26.2%	11 seats, 17.2%
Seats won	21	17	12
Seat change	1	1	1
Popular vote	887,651	797,450	548,246
Percentage	30.3%	25.4%	19.3%
Swing	2.1%	0.8%	2.1%

Results:

CSV

LSAP

Prime Minister before election

Jacques Santer
CSV

Prime Minister-designate

Jacques Santer
CSV

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General elections were held in Luxembourg on 12 June 1994,^[1] alongside European Parliament elections. The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 21 of the 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.^[2] It continued the coalition government with the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party.^[3]

Candidates

List #	Party		Running in				Existing seats
List #	Party		Centre	Est	Nord	Sud	Existing seats
1		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)					18
2		National Movement					0
3		The Greens					4
4		Christian Social People's Party (CSV)					21^[4]
5		Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice (ADR)					4^[4]^[5]
6		Communist Party (KPL)					0
7		Democratic Party (DP)					12^[5]
8		Luxembourg Sovereignty Group (GLS)					0
9		New Left					0
10		Neutral and Independent Human Rights Party (NOMP)					0
11		Luxembourg Association for an Improved Future (ALFA)					0
12		Party for Regional and Real Politics (PRP)					0

Results

Party	Votes	%^[a]	Seats	+/–
Christian Social People's Party	887,651	30.3	21	–1
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	797,450	25.4	17	–1
Democratic Party	548,246	19.3	12	+1
Green List Ecological Initiative–Green Alternative Party	303,991	9.9	5	+1
Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice	244,045	9.0	5	+1
National Movement	82,851	2.6	0	0
Communist Party of Luxembourg	57,646	1.7	0	–1
New Left	25,940	0.7	0	New
Neutral and Independent Human Rights Party	18,843	0.5	0	New
Luxembourg Sovereignty Group	16,160	0.5	0	New
Other parties	4,910	0.1	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	12,448	–	–	–
Total	191,724	100	60	0
Registered voters/turnout	217,131	88.3	–	–
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.^[6]

Popular Vote

CSV			30.3%
LSAP			25.4%
DP			19.3%
Greens			9.9%
ADR			9.0%
National Movement			2.6%
KPL			1.7%

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 western suburbs.

The CSV won pluralities in three of the four circonscriptions, coming behind the LSAP in that party's Sud stronghold. The CSV's vote was remarkably consistent across the whole of the country, whereas the other two main parties' votes varied wildly (particularly in Sud). The Greens and ADR won disproportionate number of votes in the east-central region and north respectively.^[7]

	CSV	LSAP	DP	Greens	ADR	KPL	Other
Centre	29.2%	18.9%	27.1%	10.7%	7.8%	1.1%	5.2%
Est	32.6%	23.1%	21.3%	9.1%	11.4%	0.6%	2.1%
Nord	33.2%	19.1%	22.8%	8.4%	13.9%	0.8%	1.8%
Sud	29.3%	33.5%	11.6%	10.2%	7.1%	2.8%	5.6%

The CSV won pluralities across most of the country, winning more votes than any other party in 86 of the country's (then) 118 communes. The LSAP won pluralities in 21 communes, primarily in the Red Lands in the south. The DP won 12 communes, particularly in its heartland of Luxembourg City and the surrounding communes.^[7]

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1262
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1236
1 2 Fernand Rau was elected as a member of the Christian Social People's Party in 1989, but defected to the Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice.
1 2 Josy Simon was elected as a member of the Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice in 1989, but defected to the Democratic Party.
↑ 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 2008-03-17.

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