1984 Luxembourg general election

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 17 June 1984.[1] The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 25 of the 64 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] It formed a coalition government with the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, the Santer-Poos government.[3]

1984 Luxembourg general election

17 June 1984

All 64 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
33 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jacques Santer Jacques Poos Colette Flesch
Party CSV LSAP DP
Last election 24 seats, 36.4 14 seats, 22.5% 15 seats, 21.9%
Seats won 25 21 14
Seat change 1 7 1
Popular vote 1,148,085 1,104,740 614,627
Percentage 36.7% 31.8% 20.4%
Swing 0.3% 5.6% 1.5%

Prime Minister before election

Pierre Werner
CSV

Prime Minister

Jacques Santer
CSV

Results

Party Votes %[a] Seats +/–
Christian Social People's Party1,148,08536.725+1
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party1,104,74031.821+7
Democratic Party614,62720.414–1
Communist Party of Luxembourg165,9604.420
Green Alternative169,8624.22New
Independent Socialist Party81,0022.40–1
Others6,6860.20
Invalid/blank votes11,657
Total191,65110064+5
Registered voters/turnout215,79288.8
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]

Popular Vote
CSV
36.7%
LSAP
31.8%
DP
20.4%
KPL
4.4%
GA
4.2%
OSP
2.4%

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1262
  3. Nohlen & Stöver, p1236
  4. Nohlen & Stöver, p1254
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