1994 Luxembourg general election

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]

1994 Luxembourg general election
Luxembourg
12 June 1994
All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
31 seats were needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
CSV Jacques Santer 29.71 21 -1
LSAP Jacques Poos 26.70 17 -1
DP Charles Goerens 18.35 12 +1
Greens 10.18 5 +1
ADR Robert Mehlen 8.17 5 +1
Results by commune
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Jacques Santer
CSV		 Jacques Santer
CSV
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Candidates
List # Party Running in Existing seats
Centre Est Nord Sud
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 Group for the Sovereignty of Luxembourg (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
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Christian Social People's Party887,65129.7121–1
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party797,54026.7017–1
Democratic Party548,24618.3512+1
Green List Ecological Initiative–Green Alternative Party303,99110.185+1
Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice244,0458.175+1
National Movement82,5812.7600
Communist Party of Luxembourg57,6461.930–1
New Left25,9400.870New
Neutral and Independent Human Rights Party18,8430.630New
Group for the Sovereignty of Luxembourg16,1600.540New
Party for Regional and Real Politics3,6750.120New
Luxembourg Association for an Improved Future1,2350.040New
Total2,987,553100.00600
Valid votes179,27693.51
Invalid/blank votes12,4486.49
Total votes191,724100.00
Registered voters/turnout217,13188.30
Source: Government of Luxembourg

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.[6]

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.[6]

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. 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.
  5. Josy Simon was elected as a member of the Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice in 1989, but defected to the Democratic Party.
  6. "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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