Luxembourg (European Parliament constituency)

Luxembourg
European Parliament constituency
Location among the 2014 constituencies
Member state	Luxembourg
Created	1979
MEPs	6 (2004)
Sources

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.

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
2014 (eighth)		Charles Goerens DP		Mady Delvaux-Stehres LSAP		Frank Engel CSV		Viviane Reding 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.

Summary of the results of Luxembourg's 10 June 1979 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
1979 • 1984 →
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	EPP	Marc Fischbach	352,296	36.12	—	3 / 6	—
	Democratic Party (DP)	LD	Colette Flesch	274,307	28.12	—	2 / 6	—
	Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	PES	Victor Abens	211,106	21.64	—	1 / 6	—
	Social Democratic Party (PSD/SDP)			68,289	7.00	—	0 / 6	—
	Communist Party (KPL)			48,813	5.00	—	0 / 6	—
	Alternative List (AL)			9,845	1.01	—	0 / 6	—
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)			10,695	1.10	—	0 / 6	—
Valid votes
Blank and invalid votes
Totals					100.00	—	6	—
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout						—
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.

Summary of the results of Luxembourg's 17 June 1984 election to the European Parliament
National party		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 1979 • 1984 • 1989 →
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	345,586	34.90	1.2	3	0
	Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	296,382	29.93	8.3	2	1
	Democratic Party (DP)	218,481	22.07	6.0	1	1
	The Greens (GLEI-GAP)	60,152	6.08	N/A	0	N/A
	Communist Party (KPL)	40,395	4.08	1.0	0	0
	Independent Socialist Party (PSI)	25,355	2.56	N/A	0	N/A
	Revolutionary Communist League (LCR)	3,791	0.38	0.1	0	0
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.

Summary of the results of Luxembourg's 18 June 1989 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 1984 • 1989 • 1994 →
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	EPP	346,621	34.87		3 / 6	0
	Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	PES	252,920	25.45		2 / 6	0
	Democratic Party (DP)	ELDR	198,254	19.95		1 / 6	0
	Green List Ecological Initiative (GLEI)		61,054	6.14	new	0 / 6	0
	Communist Party (KPL)		46,791	4.71		0 / 6	0
	Green Alternative Party (GAP)		42,926	4.32	new	0 / 6	0
	National Movement (LLNB)		28,867	2.90		0 / 6	0
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)		16,506	1.66	—	0 / 6	0
Valid votes			165,657
Valid ballots			993,939
Blank and invalid ballots
Totals				100.00	—	6 / 6	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout			218,940	87.4
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.

Summary of the results of Luxembourg's 12 June 1994 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 1989 • 1994 • 1999 →
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	EPP	319,462	31.50	3.4	2 / 6	1
	Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	PES	251,500	24.80	0.6	2 / 6	0
	Democratic Party (DP)	ELDR	190,997	18.83	1.1	1 / 6	0
	The Greens (GLEI–GAP)	EGP	110,888	10.93	0.4	1 / 6	1
	Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice (ADR)		70,470	6.94		0 / 6	0
	National Movement (NB)		24,141	2.38	0.5	0 / 6	0
	Communist Party (KPL)		16,559	1.63	3.1	0 / 6	0
	Group for Luxembourgian Sovereignty (GLS)		12,091	1.19		0 / 6	0
	Others (parties or candidates that won less than 1% of the vote and no seats)		18.186	1.79	—	0 / 6	0
Valid votes
Valid ballots
Blank and invalid ballots
Totals				100.00	—	6 / 6	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout
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).

Summary of the results of Luxembourg's 13 June 1999 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 1994 • 1999 • 2004 →
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	EPP	Jean-Claude Juncker	321,021	31.67	0.2	2 / 6	0
	Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	PES	Alex Bodry	239,048	23.58	1.2	2 / 6	0
	Democratic Party (DP)	ELDR	Charles Goerens	207,379	20.46	1.7	1 / 6	0
	The Greens (DG)	EGP	Camille Gira	108,514	10.70	0.2	1 / 6	0
	Action Committee for Democracy and Pensions Justice (ADR)	None	Gaston Gibéryen	91,118	8.99	2.1	0 / 6	0
	The Left (DL)	None	Aly Bisdorff	28,130	2.77	new	0 / 6	0
	Green and Liberal Alliance (GAL)	None	Jup Weber	18,573	1.83	new	0 / 6	0
Valid votes				1,013,783	—
Valid ballots				184,838	91.33
Blank and invalid ballots				17,546	8.67
Totals				202,384	100.00	—	6 / 6	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				233,602	86.64
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.

Summary of the results of Luxembourg's 13 June 2004 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 1999 • 2004 • 2009 →
	Christian Social People's Party (CSV)	EPP	Jean-Claude Juncker	404,823	37.14	5.4	3 / 6	1
	Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)	PES	Jean Asselborn	240,484	22.06	1.6	1 / 6	1
	The Greens (DG)	EGP	Claude Turmes	163,754	15.02	4.3	1 / 6	0
	Democratic Party (DP)	ELDR	Lydie Polfer	162,064	14.87	5.6	1 / 6	0
	Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR)	AEN	Gaston Gibéryen	87.666	8.04	1.0	0 / 6	0
	The Left (DL)	PEL (observer)	André Hoffmann	18,345	1.68	1.1	0 / 6	0
	Communist Party (KPL)	None	Zénon Bernard	12,800	1.17	—	0 / 6	0
Valid votes				1,089,936	—
Valid ballots				192,185	91.65
Blank and invalid ballots				17,504	8.35
Totals				209,689	100.00	—	6 / 6	0
Electorate (eligible voters) and voter turnout				229,550	91.35
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

Summary of the results of Luxembourg's 7 June 2009 election to the European Parliament
National party		European party	Main candidate	Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
← 2004 • 2009 • 2014 →
	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

References

External links

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

1999–2004 ← European Parliament constituencies 2004–09 → 2009–14

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