Chamber election 1994
The 1994 election to determine the 60 members of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies took place on June 12, 1994 at the same time as the European elections.
Starting position
In the 1989 chamber election , the governing parties CSV and LSAP received two thirds of the seats despite losses. The coalition continued , with Jacques Santer (CSV) remaining 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 | ||||||||||||
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number | % | Seats | number | % | Seats | number | % | Seats | number | % | Seats | number | % Un- weighted |
% Overall weighted * |
Seats | |
Eligible voters | 88,807 | 26,570 | 65,897 | 35,857 | 217.131 | |||||||||||
Voters | 79.033 | 89.0 | 23,241 | 87.5 | 57,314 | 87.0 | 32,136 | 89.6 | 191.724 | 88.30 | ||||||
Valid ballot papers | 73,573 | 93.1 | 21,906 | 94.3 | 53,696 | 93.7 | 30.101 | 93.7 | 179.276 | 93.51 | ||||||
Valid votes | 1,556,659 | 144,686 | 1,033,676 | 252,532 | 2,987,553 | |||||||||||
Total seats | 23 | 7th | 21st | 9 | 60 | |||||||||||
CSV | 455,400 | 29.3 | 8th | 47,124 | 32.6 | 3 | 301.192 | 29.1 | 7th | 83,935 | 33.2 | 3 | 887.651 | 29.71 | 30.31 | 21st |
LSAP | 520.970 | 33.5 | 9 | 33,491 | 23.1 | 2 | 195.076 | 18.9 | 4th | 48.003 | 19.0 | 2 | 797,540 | 26.70 | 25.39 | 17th |
DP | 179,818 | 11.6 | 3 | 30,750 | 21.3 | 1 | 280.194 | 27.1 | 6th | 57,484 | 22.8 | 2 | 548.246 | 18.35 | 19.28 | 12 |
Déi Gréng | 158.991 | 10.2 | 2 | 13,086 | 9.0 | 110,654 | 10.7 | 2 | 21,260 | 8.4 | 1 | 303.991 | 10.18 | 9.91 | 5 | |
ADR | 110.908 | 7.1 | 1 | 16,430 | 11.4 | 1 | 81,458 | 7.9 | 2 | 35,249 | 14.0 | 1 | 244.045 | 8.17 | 9.03 | 5 |
NB | 50,345 | 3.2 | 2,938 | 2.0 | 24,615 | 2.4 | 4,683 | 1.9 | 82,581 | 2.76 | 2.60 | |||||
KPL | 43,189 | 2.8 | 867 | 0.6 | 11,672 | 1.1 | 1.918 | 0.8 | 57,646 | 1.93 | 1.67 | |||||
Nei Lénk | 25,940 | 1.7 | 25,940 | 0.87 | 0.68 | |||||||||||
NOMP | 9,863 | 0.6 | 8,980 | 0.9 | 18,843 | 0.63 | 0.52 | |||||||||
GLS | 16,160 | 1.6 | 16,160 | 0.54 | 0.46 | |||||||||||
PRP | 3,675 | 0.4 | 3,675 | 0.12 | 0.11 | |||||||||||
ALFA | 1,235 | 0.1 | 1,235 | 0.04 | 0.03 |
The changes in the distribution of seats were minor. The CSV and the co-governing LSAP each lost one seat, but retained a clear majority with 38 of the 60 seats. The DP, the Greens (which were still split into two parties in 1989) and the ADR each won one seat. The KPL lost its only seat and was not represented in parliament for the first time since World War II.
Government formation
The coalition of CSV and LSAP that had existed since 1984 was continued . Jacques Santer remained Prime Minister. When Santer became President of the European Commission in January 1995 , Jean-Claude Juncker succeeded him as Prime Minister.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ismayr (Ed.) The Political Systems of Western Europe, 1st edition 1997, p. 386
- ^ Luxembourg government: élections législatives 1994 (PDF; 6.2 MB)