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Luxembourg 1989 European Parliament election

Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Social People's Party won 3 of 6 seats with 34.9% of the vote; 87.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.4 points on 1984.

European Parliament result

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Social People's Party3034.90.0346,621
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party2025.4−4.5252,920
Democratic Party1020.0−2.1198,254
The Greens06.161,054
Communist Party of Luxembourg004.7+0.646,785
The Greens004.3−1.842,926
National Movement02.928,885

± is the change against the Luxembourg 1984 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Christian Social People's Party 346,621
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 252,920
  • Democratic Party 198,254
  • The Greens 61,054
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg 46,785
  • The Greens 42,926
  • National Movement 28,885

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

87.4% of the 218,940 registered voters cast a ballot (191,342 ballots), down 1.4 points on 1984. 174,471 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.

Votes and seats

  • Christian Social People's Party34.9% of votes50.0% of seats
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party25.4% of votes33.3% of seats
  • Democratic Party20.0% of votes16.7% of seats
  • The Greens6.1% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg4.7% of votes0.0% of seats
  • The Greens4.3% of votes0.0% of seats
  • National Movement2.9% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 13.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.3 by votes and 2.6 by seats; Christian Social People's Party led Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party by 9.5 points of the vote. How these are computed.

On the same day

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