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Luxembourg 1959 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Social People's Party won 21 of 52 seats with 36.9% of the vote; 92.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.3 points on 1954.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Social People's Party21−536.9−5.5896,840
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party17034.9−0.2848,523
Democratic Party11+518.4+7.7448,387
Communist Party of Luxembourg309.1+0.2220,425
Largest party without seats00.715,821

± is the change against the Luxembourg 1954 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Christian Social People's Party 896,840
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 848,523
  • Democratic Party 448,387
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg 220,425
  • Largest party without seats 15,821

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.

Share of the vote

Turnout

92.3% of the 188,286 registered voters cast a ballot (173,836 ballots), down 0.3 points on 1954. 165,596 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Christian Social People's Party36.9% of votes40.4% of seats
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party34.9% of votes32.7% of seats
  • Democratic Party18.4% of votes21.2% of seats
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg9.1% of votes5.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 3.1 by seats; Christian Social People's Party led Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party by 2.0 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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