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

← 1989 12 June 1994 1999 →

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

Party Leader Vote % 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 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by commune Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Jacques Santer CSV Jacques Santer CSV

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

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Social People's Party	887,651	29.71	21	–1
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	797,540	26.70	17	–1
	Democratic Party	548,246	18.35	12	+1
	Green List Ecological Initiative–Green Alternative Party	303,991	10.18	5	+1
	Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice	244,045	8.17	5	+1
	National Movement	82,581	2.76	0	0
	Communist Party of Luxembourg	57,646	1.93	0	–1
	New Left	25,940	0.87	0	New
	Neutral and Independent Human Rights Party	18,843	0.63	0	New
	Group for the Sovereignty of Luxembourg	16,160	0.54	0	New
	Party for Regional and Real Politics	3,675	0.12	0	New
	Luxembourg Association for an Improved Future	1,235	0.04	0	New
Total		2,987,553	100.00	60	0
Valid votes		179,276	93.51
Invalid/blank votes		12,448	6.49
Total votes		191,724	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		217,131	88.30
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.