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Luxembourg 1968 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Social People's Party won 21 of 56 seats with 35.3% of the vote; 88.6% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 2.0 points on 1964.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Social People's Party21−135.3+2.0916,544
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party18−332.3−5.4837,555
Democratic Party11+516.6+6.0430,262
Communist Party of Luxembourg6+115.5+3.0402,610
Popular Independent Movement0−20.4−5.610,355

± is the change against the Luxembourg 1964 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Christian Social People's Party 916,544
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 837,555
  • Democratic Party 430,262
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg 402,610
  • Popular Independent Movement 10,355

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

88.6% of the 192,601 registered voters cast a ballot (170,566 ballots), down 2.0 points on 1964. 160,184 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout of this kind in our data, which begins in 1948. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Christian Social People's Party35.3% of votes37.5% of seats
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party32.3% of votes32.1% of seats
  • Democratic Party16.6% of votes19.6% of seats
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg15.5% of votes10.7% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); Christian Social People's Party led Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party by 3.0 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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