1979 Luxembourg general election

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10 June 1979

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59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
30 seats needed for a majority

	Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
CSV	Jacques Santer	34.51	24	+6
DP	Gaston Thorn	21.32	15	+1
LSAP	Lydie Schmit	24.26	14	−3
PSD	Henry Cravatte	5.98	2	−3
KPL		5.83	2	−3
Enrôlés de Force		4.45	1	New
PSI	Jean Gremling	2.20	1	New

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Gaston Thorn DP	Pierre Werner CSV

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General elections were held in Luxembourg on 10 June 1979. The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 24 of the 59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. After spending the previous four years in opposition, it returned to government in coalition with the Democratic Party, resulting in the Werner-Thorn Ministry.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Social People's Party	1,049,390	34.51	24	+6
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	737,863	24.26	14	–3
	Democratic Party	648,404	21.32	15	+1
	Social Democratic Party	181,805	5.98	2	–3
	Communist Party of Luxembourg	177,286	5.83	2	–3
	Enrôlés de Force	135,360	4.45	1	New
	Independent Socialist Party	66,909	2.20	1	New
	Alternative List - Wiert Iech	30,269	1.00	0	New
	Liberal Party	6,133	0.20	0	0
	Revolutionary Community League	6,985	0.23	0	0
	Club of Independents	849	0.03	0	New
Total		3,041,253	100.00	59	0

Valid votes		175,808	93.06
Invalid/blank votes		13,101	6.94
Total votes		188,909	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		212,614	88.85
Source: Nohlen & Stöver, Global Elections Database

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1262
Nohlen & Stöver, p1236

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