General elections were held in Luxembourg on 10 June 1979.[1] The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 24 of the 59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] After spending the previous four years in opposition, it returned to government in coalition with the Democratic Party, resulting in the Werner-Thorn Ministry.[3]
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59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 30 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Christian Social People's Party | 1,049,390 | 34.51 | 24 | +6 | |
| Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party | 737,863 | 24.26 | 14 | –3 | |
| Democratic Party | 648,404 | 21.32 | 15 | +1 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 181,805 | 5.98 | 2 | –3 | |
| Communist Party of Luxembourg | 177,286 | 5.83 | 2 | –3 | |
| Enrôlés de Force | 135,360 | 4.45 | 1 | New | |
| Independent Socialist Party | 66,909 | 2.20 | 1 | New | |
| Alternative List - Wiert Iech | 30,269 | 1.00 | 0 | New | |
| Liberal Party | 6,133 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Community League | 6,985 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Club of Independents | 849 | 0.03 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 3,041,253 | 100.00 | 59 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 175,808 | 93.06 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 13,101 | 6.94 | |||
| Total votes | 188,909 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 212,614 | 88.85 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Global Elections Database | |||||
References
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1262
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1236