Chamber election 2004
The 2004 chamber election to determine the 60 members of the Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies took place on June 13, 2004 at the same time as the European elections.
Starting position
In the 1999 chamber election , the governing parties CSV and LSAP (Socialists) lost two and four seats respectively, while the liberal DP lost three seats. A new coalition of CSV and DP came into being. Jean-Claude Juncker (CSV) remained Prime Minister . The Juncker-Polfer government took office on August 7, 1999.
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 | 89,085 | 28,588 | 63,099 | 36,911 | 217,683 | |||||||||||
| Voters | 82,212 | 92.3 | 26,366 | 92.2 | 56,712 | 89.9 | 34,802 | 94.3 | 200.092 | 91.92 | ||||||
| Valid ballot papers | 77,491 | 94.3 | 25,024 | 94.9 | 53,556 | 94.4 | 32,839 | 94.4 | 188.910 | 94.41 | ||||||
| Valid votes | 1,609,111 | 167.811 | 1.028.202 | 277,557 | 3,082,681 | |||||||||||
| Total seats | 23 | 7th | 21st | 9 | 60 | |||||||||||
| CSV | 572,888 | 35.6 | 9 | 64,908 | 38.7 | 3 | 365.364 | 35.5 | 8th | 100,665 | 36.3 | 4th | 1,103,825 | 35.81 | 36.13 | 24 |
| LSAP | 519.227 | 32.3 | 8th | 27,682 | 16.5 | 1 | 193,327 | 18.8 | 4th | 43,812 | 15.8 | 1 | 784.048 | 25.43 | 23.37 | 14th |
| DP | 152.758 | 9.5 | 2 | 31,890 | 19.0 | 1 | 219,700 | 21.4 | 5 | 56,253 | 20.3 | 2 | 460.601 | 14.94 | 16.06 | 10 |
| Déi Gréng | 164,798 | 10.2 | 2 | 20,363 | 12.1 | 1 | 140,548 | 13.7 | 3 | 30.186 | 10.9 | 1 | 355,895 | 11.54 | 11.58 | 7th |
| ADR | 135.814 | 8.4 | 2 | 20,754 | 12.4 | 1 | 81,233 | 7.9 | 1 | 40.991 | 14.8 | 1 | 278,792 | 9.04 | 9.95 | 5 |
| Déi Lénk | 36,684 | 2.3 | 2.214 | 1.3 | 19,448 | 1.9 | 3,725 | 1.3 | 62,071 | 2.01 | 1.87 | |||||
| KPL | 26,942 | 1.7 | 8,582 | 0.8 | 35,524 | 1.15 | 0.91 | |||||||||
| Fräi party Lëtzebuerg | 1.925 | 0.7 | 1.925 | 0.06 | 0.12 | |||||||||||
The CSV won five seats, the co-ruling DP lost five seats. The Greens (+2 seats) and the LSAP (+1 seat) recorded gains, while the ADR lost two seats. Déi Lénk lost the only seat.
Government formation
After the considerable losses of the DP, the CSV changed its coalition partner and reunited with the LSAP. On July 31, 2004, the new government took office on July 31, 2004.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fischer Weltalmanach 2000, p. 499
- ^ Luxembourg government: élections législatives et européennes 2004 (PDF; 2 KB)
