1974 Luxembourg general election

none Luxembourg 1968 1979 26 May 1974 1974 Luxembourg general election 59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 30 Christian Social People's Party Pierre Werner 27.85 18 21 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Raymond Vouel 29.15 17 18 Democratic Party (Luxembourg) Gaston Thorn 22.23 14 11 PSD Social Democratic Party (Luxembourg) Henry Cravatte 9.20 5 new Communist Party of Luxembourg René Urbany 10.47 5 6 1974 Luxembourg election percentages.svg Most voted-for party by municipality Prime Minister Pierre Werner CSV Gaston Thorn DP General elections were held in Luxembourg on 26 May 1974.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 978-3-8329-5609-7 The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 18 of the 59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.Nohlen & Stöver, p1262 However, it went into opposition as the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party and Democratic Party formed a coalition government under prime minister Gaston Thorn. Results File:1974 Luxembourg election.svg Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 875881 17 –1 Christian Social People's Party 836990 18 –3 Democratic Party 668043 14 +3 Communist Party of Luxembourg 314635 5 –1 Social Democratic Party 276495 5 New Liberal Party 18502 0 New Revolutionary Communist League 14692 0 New +3 175376 10151 205817 Nohlen & Stöver, Global Elections Database References Category:General elections in Luxembourg Legislative election, 1974 Luxembourg Category:History of Luxembourg (1945–present) Category:May 1974 in Europe