Luxembourg general election, 1989

Luxembourg legislative election, 1989

18 June 1989

All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 31 seats were needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Jacques Santer	Jacques Poos	Charles Goerens
Party	CSV	LSAP	DP
Last election	25 seats, 36.7%	21 seats, 31.8%	14 seats, 20.4%
Seats won	22	18	11
Seat change	3	3	3
Popular vote	977,521	840,094	614,627
Percentage	32.4%	26.2%	17.2%
Swing	4.3%	5.6%	3.2%

Prime Minister before election

Jacques Santer
CSV

Prime Minister

Jacques Santer
CSV

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General elections were held in Luxembourg on 18 June 1989.^[1] The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 22 of the 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.^[2] It continued the coalition government with the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party.^[3]

Results

Party	Votes	%^[a]	Seats	+/–
Christian Social People's Party	977,521	32.4	22	–3
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	840,094	26.2	18	–3
Democratic Party	498,862	17.2	11	–3
Action Committee 5/6ths Pensions for Everyone	225,262	7.9	4	New
Communist Party of Luxembourg	157,608	4.4	1	–1
Green List Ecological Initiative	130,485	3.8	2	New
Green Alternative Party	128,622	3.7	2	0
National Movement	82,316	2.3	0	New
Ecological List for the North^[b]	16,649	1.1	0	New
Others	29,522	1.0	0	–
Invalid/blank votes	10,609	–	–	–
Total	191,777	100	60	–4
Registered voters/turnout	218,940	87.6	–	–
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

^a The percentage of votes is not related to the number of votes in the table, as voters could cast more votes in some constituencies than others, and is instead calculated based on the proportion of votes received in each constituency.^[4]

^b The Ecological List for the North was a joint list of the Green Alternative Party, the Green List Ecological Initiative and some independent candidates which ran in the north constituency.^[5]

Popular Vote

CSV			32.4%
LSAP			26.2%
DP			17.2%
ADR			7.9%
KPL			4.4%
Green List			3.8%
Green Alternative			3.7%
National Movement			2.3%
Ecological List			1.1%

References

↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1262
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1236
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1254
↑ Nohlen & Stöver, p1248

Elections and referendums in Luxembourg

General elections	1848 (Apr) 1848 (Sep) 1915 1918 1919 1922* 1925 1928* 1931* 1934* 1937* 1945 1948* 1951* 1954 1959 1964 1968 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2013

Communal elections	1981 1987 1993 1999 2005 2011 2017

European elections	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Referendums	1919 1937 2005 2015

* Partial elections.

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