Chamber election 1979

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1974General election 19791984
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
36.4
22.5
21.9
6.4
4.9
4.6
3.3
EdF
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
+6.5
-4.5
-1.4
-3.7
-3.9
+4.6
+2.3
EdF
Otherwise.
2
1
14th
2
1
15th
24
14th 15th 24 
A total of 59 seats

The 1979 chamber election to determine the members of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies took place on June 10, 1979 at the same time as the first European elections.

Starting position

After the 1974 chamber election , in which the CSV suffered heavy losses and the DP gained significant gains, the LSAP formed a coalition with the DP. Gaston Thorn (DP) became the new Prime Minister .

Suffrage

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 70.164 212.614
Voters 75,859 21,270 61,808 88.1 29,972 188.909 88.85
Valid ballot papers 73.086 94.0 20,921 94.2 57,331 93.6 28,656 94.0 179.994 93.92
Valid votes 1,594,849 112,824 1,094,785 238,795 3,041,253
Total seats 24 6th 20th 9 59
CSV 486.322 30.5 8th 48,552 43.0 3 407.916 37.3 8th 106,600 44.6 5 1,049,390 34.51 36.38 24
LSAP 482,953 30.3 8th 18,214 16.1 1 195.831 17.9 4th 40,865 17.1 1 737.863 24.26 22.52 14th
DP 245.261 15.4 4th 27.009 23.9 2 328.503 30.0 7th 47,631 19.9 2 648.404 21.32 21.89 15th
SDP 104,799 6.6 1 8,275 7.3 45.179 4.1 23,552 9.9 1 181,805 5.98 6.37 2
KPL 143,146 9.0 2 1,735 1.5 28,766 2.6 3,639 1.5 177.286 5.83 4.86 2
Enrôlés de Force 112.057 7.0 1 8,099 7.2 15.204 6.4 135,360 4.45 4.62 1
Socialistes Indépendants 66,909 6.1 1 66,909 2.20 2.02 1
Alternatively Lëscht - Wiert Iech 15,843 1.0 940 0.8 12,182 1.1 1,304 0.5 30,269 1.00 0.94
LCR 4,468 0.3 2,517 0.2 6,985 0.23 0.19
Liberal Party 6.133 0.6 6.133 0.20 0.19
Club des Indépendants 849 0.1 849 0.03 0.03
* Share of votes taking into account the different numbers of votes per voter in the individual electoral districts

The CSV was able to gain six seats, the ruling DP gained one seat despite a slight loss of votes. LSAP, SDP and KPL lost significantly. New to the chamber were the Socialistes Indépendants , a list of Jean Gremling, who had left the LSAP, and Enrôlés de Force , a party of forced recruits from World War II .

Government formation

The DP / LSAP coalition had lost its majority. A government was formed from the CSV and the DP. The new Prime Minister was Pierre Werner (CSV), who was Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974.

Individual evidence

  1. Ismayr (Ed.) The Political Systems of Western Europe, 1st edition 1997, p. 386
  2. Luxembourg Government: Bulletin de documentation 3/1979. Elections legislatives et européennes.