2004 Luxembourg general election

2004 Luxembourg general election

13 June 2004
All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 31 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	91.92% ( 5.41 pp)
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– CSV Jean-Claude Juncker 35.81 24 +5 LSAP Jean Asselborn 25.43 14 +1 DP Lydie Polfer 14.94 10 −5 Greens No spitzenkandidat 11.54 7 +2 ADR Gast Gibéryen 9.04 5 −2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Results by commune Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Jean-Claude Juncker CSV Jean-Claude Juncker CSV

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 13 June 2004, alongside European Parliament elections. The ruling Christian Social People's Party (CSV) of Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker won the election, increasing its number of seats to its highest since before 1989 and its share of the vote to levels not seen since the 1959 election.

As expected, the CSV won a plurality of seats, adding 5 new deputies, and continued as the majority partner in the coalition government. However, the junior partner changed from the liberal Democratic Party (DP), which lost 5 seats, to the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), which gained one seat. The Greens also slightly increased their representation, whilst the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) lost ground.

The election coincided with the 2004 European Parliament election.

Candidates

List #	Party		Running in				Existing seats
			Centre	Est	Nord	Sud
1		Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR)					7
2		Democratic Party (DP)					15
3		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)					13
4		The Greens					5
5		Christian Social People's Party (CSV)					19
6		The Left					1
7		Communist Party (KPL)					0
8		Free Party (FPL)					0

Results

Party		Raw results		Weighted results		Seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Christian Social People's Party	1,103,825	35.81	68,100	36.10	24	5
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	784,048	25.43	44,273	23.47	14	+1
	Democratic Party	460,601	14.94	30,182	16.00	10	–5
	The Greens	355,895	11.54	21,842	11.58	7	+2
	Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice	278,792	9.04	18,690	9.91	5	–2
	The Left	62,071	2.01	3,595	1.91	0	–1
	Communist Party of Luxembourg	35,524	1.15	1,756	0.93	0	New
	Free Party of Luxembourg	1,925	0.06	226	0.12	0	New
Total		3,082,681	100.00	188,664	100.00	60	0
Valid votes		188,910	94.41
Invalid/blank votes		11,182	5.59
Total votes		200,092	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		217,683	91.92
Source: Elections in Luxembourg, Nohlen & Stöver

By locality

The CSV won pluralities in all four districts; in the previous election, the Democratic Party had won a plurality in Centre. However, the CSV won a better-than-average increase in their vote share in Luxembourg City (of 7.4%) and Centre generally (7.5%), wiping out the DP's advantage and winning 2 deputies in that constituency alone. The CSV's vote remaining roughly constant across all constituencies (in all cases between 35.5% and 38.6%).

On the communal level, the CSV won pluralities in 111 of the country's (then) 118 communes. The LSAP won pluralities in five communes in the industrial Red Lands: Differdange, Dudelange, Kayl, Rumelange, Schifflange. The DP won the northern communes of Schieren and Préizerdaul.

Votes by constituency

Constituency	CSV		LSAP		DP		Gréng		ADR		Lénk		KPL		FPL
Centre	365,372	35.5	193,327	18.8	219,700	21.3	140,547	13.6	81,233	7.9	20,451	2.0	8,887	0.9	–	–
East	64,386	38.6	27,535	16.5	31,799	19.1	20,191	12.1	20,593	12.3	2,179	1.3	–	–	–	–
North	100,922	36.3	43,819	15.8	56,246	20.2	30,294	10.9	40,991	14.7	3,725	1.3	–	–	1,916	0.7
South	574,950	35.6	520,809	32.2	153,122	9.5	165,531	10.2	136,503	8.4	36,868	2.3	27,058	1.7	–	–

Seats by constituency

Constituency	Total seats	Seats won
		CSV	LSAP	DP	Gréng	ADR
Centre	21	8	4	5	3	1
East	7	3	1	1	1	1
North	9	4	1	2	1	1
South	23	9	8	2	2	2