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Luxembourg 1974 general election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Social People's Party won 18 of 59 seats with 27.9% of the vote; 90.1% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 1.6 points on 1968.

Result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party17−127.0−5.3875,881
Christian Social People's Party18−327.9−7.4836,990
Democratic Party14+322.2+5.7668,043
Communist Party of Luxembourg5−110.5−5.0314,635
Social Democratic Party59.2276,495
Largest party without seats00.618,502

± is the change against the Luxembourg 1968 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 875,881
  • Christian Social People's Party 836,990
  • Democratic Party 668,043
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg 314,635
  • Social Democratic Party 276,495
  • Largest party without seats 18,502

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

90.1% of the 205,817 registered voters cast a ballot (185,527 ballots), up 1.6 points on 1968. 175,376 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Christian Social People's Party27.9% of votes30.5% of seats
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party27.0% of votes28.8% of seats
  • Democratic Party22.2% of votes23.7% of seats
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg10.5% of votes8.5% of seats
  • Social Democratic Party9.2% of votes8.5% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.0 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.6 by votes and 4.1 by seats; Christian Social People's Party led Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party by 0.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.

Sources and licence

Sources and licence

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