Luxembourgian legislative election, 2004
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Legislative elections were held in Luxembourg on 13 June 2004. Voters elected all 60 members of the Grand Duchy's unicameral legislature, the Chamber of Deputies. The ruling Christian Social People's Party (CSV) of Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker won the election, expanding its number of seats to its highest since before 1989 and its share of the vote to levels not seen since the 1959 election
As expected, the CSV won a plurality of seats, adding 5 new deputies, and continued as the majority partner in the coalition government. However, the junior partner changed from the liberal Democratic Party (DP), which lost 5 seats, to the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), which gained one seat. the Greens also slightly increased their representation, whilst the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) lost ground.
The election coincided with the 2004 European Parliament election.
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[edit] Results
[edit] Overall results
| Party | % | Change | Seats | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social People's Party (CSV) | 36.1 | +6.0 | 24 | +5 | |
| Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) | 23.4 | +1.1 | 14 | +1 | |
| Democratic Party (DP) | 16.1 | -6.3 | 10 | -5 | |
| The Greens | 11.6 | +2.5 | 7 | +2 | |
| Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice (ADR) | 9.9 | -1.4 | 5 | -2 | |
| The Left | 1.9 | -1.4 | 0 | -1 | |
| Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL) | 0.9 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |
| Free Party of Luxembourg (FPL) | 0.1 | N/A | 0 | N/A | |
| Total | 60 | 0 | |||
| Source: Centre Informatique de l'État | |||||
Under Luxembourg's electoral system the country is divided into four multi-member constituencies: Centre, Est, Nord, and Sud. Voters may vote for as many candidates as the region elects Deputies. The number of voters cast for each party therefore cannot be stated.
[edit] Results by locality
The CSV won pluralities in all four circonscriptions; in the previous election, the Democratic Party had won a plurality in Centre. However, the CSV won a better-than-average increase in their vote share in Luxembourg City (of 7.4%) and Centre generally (7.5%), wiping out the DP's advantage and winning 2 deputies in that circonscription alone. The CSV's vote remaining roughly constant across all circonscriptions (in all cases between 35.5% and 38.6%):
| CSV | LSAP | DP | Greens | ADR | The Left | KPL | FPL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre | 35.5% | 18.8% | 21.3% | 13.6% | 7.9% | 2.0% | 0.9% | - |
| Est | 38.6% | 16.5% | 19.1% | 12.1% | 12.3% | 1.3% | - | - |
| Nord | 36.3% | 20.2% | 15.8% | 10.9% | 14.7% | 1.3% | - | 0.7% |
| Sud | 35.6% | 32.2% | 9.5% | 10.2% | 8.4% | 2.3% | 1.7% | - |
The CSV won pluralities across almost all of the country, winning more votes than any other party in 111 of the country's (then) 118 communes. The LSAP won pluralities in five communes in the industrial Red Lands: Differdange, Dudelange, Kayl, Rumelange, Schifflange. The DP won the northern communes of Schieren and Préizerdaul.[1]
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ (French) Répartition des suffrages en % du total des voix exprimés par parti et par commune 1994-2004. Statec (15 October 2004). Retrieved on 2008-03-01.
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