Chamber election 1974

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30th

20th

10

0

29.9

27.0

23.3

10.1

8.8

1.0

CSV

LSAP

DP

SDP

KPL

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to

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 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-7.6

-4.0

+5.3

+10.1

-4.3

+0.6

CSV

LSAP

DP

SDP

KPL

Otherwise.

5

17th

5

14th

18th

5 17th 5 14th 18th 

A total of 59 seats

• KPL : 5
• LSAP : 17
• SDP : 5th
• DP : 14
• CSV : 18

The 1974 chamber election to determine the members of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies took place on May 26, 1974.

Starting position

After the early election of the chamber in 1968 , the coalition government consisting of the CSV and LSAP was replaced by a CSV / DP coalition. Prime Minister remained Pierre Werner (CSV).

Suffrage

→ Main article : Chambre des Députés (Luxembourg)

The seats are distributed proportionally within four constituencies using the D'Hondt procedure .

Result

Each voter had as many votes as there were elected representatives in the constituency. The results of the individual constituencies:

	South constituency			East constituency			Electoral District Center			North constituency			Luxembourg as a whole
	number	%	Seats	number	%	Seats	number	%	Seats	number	%	Seats	number	% Un- weighted	% Overall weighted *	Seats
Eligible voters													205.817
Voters	74,279			20,644			60,607			29,997			185,527	90.14
Valid ballot papers	70,100	94.4		19,449	94.2		57,564	95.0		28,263	94.2		175.376	94.53
Valid votes	1,578,395			111,326			1,074,204			241,313			3,005,238
Total seats			24			6th			20th			9				59
CSV	401,606	25.4	6th	40,758	36.6	2	296,450	27.6	6th	98.176	40.7	4th	836.990	27.85	29.88	18th
LSAP	554,682	35.1	9	19,311	17.3	1	252.208	23.5	5	49,680	20.6	2	875.881	29.15	26.97	17th
DP	213,664	13.5	3	29,296	26.3	2	370.193	34.5	7th	54,890	22.7	2	668.043	22.23	23.29	14th
SDP	150.335	9.5	2	18.807	16.9	1	76,551	7.1	1	30.802	12.8	1	276,495	9.20	10.10	5
KPL	249,823	15.8	4th	3,154	2.8		54,782	5.1	1	6,876	2.8		314,635	10.47	8.76	5
LPL							18,502	1.7					18,502	0.62	0.56
LCR	8,285	0.5					5,518	0.5		889	0.4		14,692	0.49	0.44

^* Share of votes taking into account the different numbers of votes per voter in the individual electoral districts

The CSV fell to its worst result since it was founded in 1944, while the co-ruling DP gained significantly, but remained the third strongest party. The SDP, a spin-off from the LSAP, led by former Deputy Prime Minister Henry Cravatte , moved into the Chamber for the first time .

Government formation

Prime Minister Werner resigned from office on the evening of the election after the defeat of the CSV. The new LSAP and DP coalition government took office on June 15, 1974. Gaston Thorn (DP) became the new prime minister , although the LSAP was the stronger party.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Luxembourg Government: BULLETIN SPÉCIAL - 26 mai 1974
2. ↑ Ismayr (Ed.) The Political Systems of Western Europe, 1st edition 1997, pp. 385–386