European Parliament election, 2009 (Luxembourg)

Luxembourg European Parliament election, 2009

7 June 2009

6 seats to the European Parliament   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean-Claude Juncker Jean Asselborn Claude Meisch Party CSV LSAP DP Last election 3 seats, 37.1% 1 seat, 19.49% 1 seat, 14.9% Seats won 3 1 1 Seat change ±0 ±0 ±0 Popular vote 351,223 218,532 209,123 Percentage 31.32% 19.49% 18.65% Swing 5.8% 2.5% 3.7%   Fourth party   Leader Sam Tanson and Christian Kmiotek Party Greens (Luxembourg) Last election 1 seat, 15% Seats won 1 Seat change ±0 Popular vote 189,523 Percentage 16.83% Swing 1.8%

The European Parliament election of 2009 in Luxembourg was the election of the delegation from Luxembourg to the European Parliament in 2009. It was held on the same day as the elections to the national legislature, the Chamber of Deputies.

Parties

The election was contested by the same eight parties that contested the simultaneous election to the Chamber. These included the seven parties that ran in the 2004 election: Christian Social People's Party (CSV), Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), the Greens, the Democratic Party (DP), the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR), the Left, and the Communist Party (KPL). The addition for the 2009 election is the Citizens' List, which was led by current independent deputy Aly Jaerling.

List #	Party		European Party	Current seats
1		Communist Party (KPL)		0
2		Greens	European Green Party	1
3		Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR)	Alliance for Europe of the Nations	0
4		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	Party of European Socialists	1
5		Democratic Party (DP)	Liberal Democrat and Reform Party	1
6		The Left	European Left	0
7		Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	European People's Party	3
8		Citizens' List		0

Results

 Summary of the results of Luxembourg's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament

← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 →
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	EPP	Viviane Reding	353,094	31.36	5.8	3 / 6	0
	Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	PES	Robert Goebbels	219,349	19.48	2.5	1 / 6	0
	Democratic Party (DP)	ELDR	Charles Goerens	210,107	18.66	3.7	1 / 6	0
	The Greens (DG)	EGP	Claude Turmes	189,523	16.83	1.8	1 / 6	0
	Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR)	AEN	Jean Colombera	83,168	7.39	0.6	0 / 6	0
	The Left (DL)	PEL	André Hoffmann	37,929	3.37	1.7	0 / 6	0
	Communist Party (KPL)	None	Ali Ruckert	17,304	1.54	0.3	0 / 6	0
	Citizens' List (BL)	None	Aly Jaerling	15,558	1.38	new	0 / 6	0
Valid votes				1,126,032	—
Valid ballots				198,364	90.82
Blank and invalid ballots				20,059	9.18
Totals				218,423	100.00	—	6 / 6	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				240,669	90.76
Source: Centre Informatique de l'État

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