2009 European Parliament election in Luxembourg
The European Parliament election of 2009 in Luxembourg was the election of the delegation from Luxembourg to the European Parliament in 2009. It was held on the same day as the elections to the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies.
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Parties
The election was contested by the same eight parties that contested the simultaneous election to the Chamber. These included the seven parties that ran in the 2004 election: Christian Social People's Party (CSV), Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), the Greens, the Democratic Party (DP), the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR), the Left, and the Communist Party (KPL). The addition for the 2009 election is the Citizens' List, which was led by current independent deputy Aly Jaerling.
| List # | Party | European Party | Current seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Communist Party (KPL) | 0 | ||
| 2 | Greens | European Green Party | 1 | |
| 3 | Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) | Alliance for Europe of the Nations | 0 | |
| 4 | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) | Party of European Socialists | 1 | |
| 5 | Democratic Party (DP) | Liberal Democrat and Reform Party | 1 | |
| 6 | The Left | European Left | 0 | |
| 7 | Christian Social People's Party (CSV) | European People's Party | 3 | |
| 8 | Citizens' List | 0 | ||
Results
| ← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 → | ||||||||
| National party | European party | Main candidate | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Social People's Party (CSV) | EPP | Viviane Reding | 353,094 | 31.36 | 5.8  |
3 / 6 |
0  | |
| Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) | PES | Robert Goebbels | 219,349 | 19.48 | 2.5 |
1 / 6 |
0 | |
| Democratic Party (DP) | ELDR | Charles Goerens | 210,107 | 18.66 | 3.7  |
1 / 6 |
0 | |
| The Greens (DG) | EGP | Claude Turmes | 189,523 | 16.83 | 1.8 |
1 / 6 |
0 | |
| Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) | AEN | Jean Colombera | 83,168 | 7.39 | 0.6 |
0 / 6 |
0 | |
| The Left (DL) | PEL | André Hoffmann | 37,929 | 3.37 | 1.7 |
0 / 6 |
0 | |
| Communist Party (KPL) | None | Ali Ruckert | 17,304 | 1.54 | 0.3 |
0 / 6 |
0 | |
| Citizens' List (BL) | None | Aly Jaerling | 15,558 | 1.38 | new | 0 / 6 |
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| Valid votes | 1,126,032 | — | ||||||
| Valid ballots | 198,364 | 90.82 | ||||||
| Blank and invalid ballots | 20,059 | 9.18 | ||||||
| Totals | 218,423 | 100.00 | — | 6 / 6 |
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| Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout | 240,669 | 90.76 | ||||||
| Source: Centre Informatique de l'État | ||||||||
Footnotes
| General elections | |
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| Communal elections | |
| European elections | |
| Referendums | |
* Partial elections. | |
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