Luxembourg (European Parliament constituency)

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Luxembourg European Parliament constituency

Location amongst the 2007 constituencies
Created	1979
MEP(s)	6 (2004)
Member State	Luxembourg
Source(s)	[1][2]

In European elections, Luxembourg is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by six MEPs. It covers the member state of Luxembourg and uses the D'Hondt method.

1 Returned members
2 1979
3 1984
4 1989
5 1994
6 1999
7 2004
8 2009
9 References
10 External links

Returned members

Note on European parties: the Christian Social People's Party (CSV) is a member of the centre-right European People's Party, the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party is a member of the centre-left Party of European Socialists (sitting with S&D) and the Democratic Party (DP) is a member of the centrist European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (sitting with ALDE).

MEPs for Luxembourg, 1979 onwards
Term	MEP Party		MEP Party		MEP Party		MEP Party		MEP Party		MEP Party
1979 (first)		Colette Flesch DP		Jean Hamilius DP		Victor Abens LSAP		Marc Fischbach CSV		Jean Spautz CSV		Nicolas Estgen CSV
1979 (first)				Jean Hamilius DP				Marc Fischbach CSV		Marcelle Lentz-Cornette CSV
1984 (second)				Lydie Schmit LSAP				Ernest Mühlen CSV
1984 (second)				Joseph Wohlfart LSAP				Ernest Mühlen CSV
1989 (third)				Ben Fayot LSAP		Robert Krieps LSAP		Astrid Lulling CSV		Viviane Reding CSV
1989 (third)		Lydie Polfer DP				Marcel Schlechter LSAP
1994 (fourth)		Charles Goerens DP				Marcel Schlechter LSAP						Jup Weber Greens
1999 (fifth)		Colette Flesch DP		Robert Goebbels LSAP		Jacques Poos LSAP				Jacques Santer CSV		Claude Turmes Greens
2004 (sixth)		Lydie Polfer DP				Jean Spautz CSV				Erna Hennicot-Schoepges CSV
2009 (seventh)		Charles Goerens DP				Frank Engel CSV				Georges Bach CSV

1979

Further information: European Parliament election, 1979 (Luxembourg)

The 1979 European election was the first direct election to be held to the European Parliament, and hence the first time Luxembourg voted for their MEPs.

Party		% vote	Seats
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	36.1	3
	Democratic Party (DP)	28.1	2
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	21.6	1
	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	7.0	0
	Communist Party (KPL)	5.0	0
	Alternative List (AL)	1.0	0
	Liberal Party (LP)	0.6	0
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	0.5	0
Total		100	6
Source: Centre d'Étude de la Vie Politique

1984

Further information: European Parliament election, 1984 (Luxembourg)

The 1984 European election was the second election to the European Parliament.

Party		% vote	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	34.9	-1.2	3	-
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	29.9	+8.3	2	+1
	Democratic Party (DP)	22.1	-6.0	1	-1
	The Greens	6.1	N/A	0	N/A
	Communist Party (KPL)	4.0	-1.0	0	-
	Independent Socialist Party (PSI)	2.6	N/A	0	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	0.4	-0.1	0	-
Total		100	-	6	-
Source: Centre d'Étude de la Vie Politique

1989

Further information: European Parliament election, 1989 (Luxembourg)

The 1989 European election was the third election to the European Parliament.

Party		% vote	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	34.9	-	3	-
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	25.4	-4.5	2	-
	Democratic Party (DP)	19.9	-2.2	1	-
	Green List Ecological Initiative (GLEI)	6.1	N/A	0	N/A
	Communist Party (KPL)	4.7	+0.7	0	-
	Green Alternative Party (GAP)	4.3	N/A	0	N/A
	National Movement (LLNB)	2.9	N/A	0	N/A
	Green Alternative Alliance	0.9	N/A	0	N/A
	Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)^[1]	0.6	+0.2	0	-
	Firwat nët	0.2	N/A	0	N/A
Total		100	-	6	-
Source: Centre d'Étude de la Vie Politique

1994

Further information: European Parliament election, 1994 (Luxembourg)

The 1994 European election was the fourth election to the European Parliament.

e • d **Summary of the 12 June 1994 Luxembourg European Parliament election results**
Parties		%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	31.5	-3.4	2	-1
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	24.8	-0.6	2	-
	Democratic Party (DP)	18.8	-1.1	1	-
	The Greens	10.9	+0.4	1	N/A
	Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice (ADR)	6.9	N/A	0	N/A
	National Movement	2.4	-0.5	0	-
	Communist Party (KPL)	1.6	-3.1	0	-
	Group for Luxembourgian Sovereignty (GLS)	1.2	N/A	0	N/A
	New Left	0.9	N/A	0	N/A
	Neutral and Independent Human Rights Party (NOMP)	0.9	N/A	0	N/A
Total		100	-	6	-
Source: Presidència de la Generalitat

1999

Further information: European Parliament election, 1999 (Luxembourg)

The 1999 European election was the fifth election to the European Parliament and was held in Luxembourg on 13 June. Astrid Lulling and Jacques Santer (former Commission President) were elected for the Christian Social People's Party (European People's Party), Colette Flesch for the Democratic Party (European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party) and Robert Goebbels and Jacques Poos for the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (Party of European Socialists).

e • d **Summary of the 13 June 1999 Luxembourg European Parliament election results**
Parties		%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	31.7	+0.2	2	-
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	23.6	-1.2	2	-
	Democratic Party (DP)	20.5	+1.7	1	-
	The Greens	10.7	-0.2	1	-
	Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice (ADR)	9.0	+2.1	0	-
	The Left	2.8	N/A	0	N/A
	Green and Liberal Alliance (GaL)	1.8	N/A	0	N/A
Total		100	-	6	-
Source: Service Information et Presse

2004

Further information: European Parliament election, 2004 (Luxembourg)

The 2004 European election was the sixth election to the European Parliament and was held in Luxembourg on 13 June. The ruling Christian Social People's Party polled strongly, while the opposition Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party lost ground.

e • d **Summary of the 13 June 2004 Luxembourg European Parliament election results**
Parties		%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	37.1	+5.4	3	+1
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	22.0	-1.6	1	-1
	The Greens	15.0	+4.3	1	±0
	Democratic Party (DP)	14.9	-5.6	1	±0
	Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR)	8.0	-1.0	0	—
	The Left	1.7	-1.1	0	—
	Communist Party of Luxembourg (KPL)	1.2	N/A	0	N/A
Total		100	—	6	—
Source: Service Information et Presse

Registered voters: 229,550

Votes cast: 208,436 (90.8% turnout)

Valid votes: 1,081,475

The Luxembourg electoral system allows each voter to cast as many votes as there are members to be elected. These figures show the number of votes cast for each party, not the number of voters who cast them.

2009

e • d **Summary of the results of Luxembourg's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament**
Party		%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	31.3	-5.8	3	±0
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	19.5	-2.5	1	±0
	Democratic Party (DP)	18.6	+3.7	1	±0
	The Greens	16.8	+1.8	1	±0
	Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR)	7.4	-0.6	0	—
	The Left	3.4	+1.7	0	—
	Communist Party (KPL)	1.5	+0.3	0	—
	Citizens' List	1.4	N/A	0	N/A
Total		100.0	—	6	—
Source: Centre Informatique de l'État

References

^ Renamed from the Revolutionary Communist League since the 1984 election

External links

European Election News by European Election Law Association (Eurela)
List of MEPs europarl.europa.eu

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