2009 Luxembourg general election

none 2009 Luxembourg general election Luxembourg 2004 2013 7 June 2009 All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 31 seats were needed for a majority 90.93% ( 0.99 pp) Jean-Claude Juncker Christian Social People's Party 24 26 37.34 Jean Asselborn Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 14 13 23.00 Claude Meisch Democratic Party (Luxembourg) 10 9 14.31 No spitzenkandidat The Greens (Luxembourg) 7 11.48 7 Gast Gibéryen Alternative Democratic Reform Party 5 7.69 4 No spitzenkandidat The Left (Luxembourg) 0 3.61 1 Prime Minister Prime Minister after Jean-Claude Juncker Christian Social People's Party Jean-Claude Juncker Christian Social People's Party General elections were held in Luxembourg on 7 June 2009, together with the 2009 election to the European Parliament. All sixty members of the Chamber of Deputies were elected for five years. The polls were topped by the Christian Social People's Party, which built upon its already high number of seats to achieve a commanding victory, with the highest vote share and number of seats of any party since 1954. Incumbent prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who was the longest-serving head of government in the European Union, renewed the coalition agreement with Deputy Prime Minister and Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party leader Jean Asselborn and formed the Juncker–Asselborn II Government, which was sworn in on 23 July 2009. Parties Seven parties ran candidates in all four circonscriptions, of which, five were already represented in the Chamber of Deputies: the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), the Democratic Party (DP), the Greens, and the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR). Two parties that were not then represented also ran: The LeftThe Left is technically not a party, but an electoral alliance. and the Communist Party (KPL). In addition, the Citizens' List, which was headed by current independent deputy Aly Jaerling, ran in two constituencies. List # Party Running in Seats Centre Est Nord Sud 2004 Pre-election 1 Communist Party (KPL) 18px 18px 18px 18px 0 0 2 Greens 18px 18px 18px 18px 7 7 3 Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) 18px 18px 18px 18px 5 4Aly Jaerling was elected as a member of the Alternative Democratic Reform Party in 2004, but now sits as an independent and is running for Citizens' List. 4 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) 18px 18px 18px 18px 14 14 5 Democratic Party (DP) 18px 18px 18px 18px 10 10 6 The Left 18px 18px 18px 18px 0 0 7 Christian Social People's Party (CSV) 18px 18px 18px 18px 24 24 8 Citizens' List 18px 18px 18px 18px 0 1 Opinion polls Seat projections Publication date Source CSV LSAP DP DG ADR DL 30 April 2009 TNS-ILRES 24 14 9 7 6 0 6 Dec 2008 TNS-ILRES 22 12-13 10-11 8 7 0 20 June 2008 TNS-ILRES 22 14 10 8 6 0 15 Dec 2007 TNS-ILRES 22-23 13-14 9 8-9 6 0 9 June 2007 TNS-ILRES 22 14/15 9/10 8 6 0 9 Dec 2006 TNS-ILRES 23-24 15 8-9 9 4 0 17 June 2006 TNS-ILRES 23-25 15 7-9 7-9 3-6 0 17 Dec 2005 TNS-ILRES 23-24 13-14 9 9 5 0 18 June 2005 TNS-ILRES 23 14 9 9 5 0 18 Dec 2004 TNS-ILRES 24 14 9 9 4 0 13 June 2004 Election 24 14 10 7 5 0 Results File:2009 Luxembourg election.svg Raw results Weighted resultsCalculated separately for each constituency (rounded to the nearest whole number) using the formula: Christian Social People's Party 1129368 26 +2 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 695830 13 –1 Democratic Party 432820 9 –1 The Greens 347388 7 0 Alternative Democratic Reform Party 232744 4 –1 The Left 109184 1 +1 Communist Party of Luxembourg 49108 0 0 Citizens' List 28512 0 New 72160 41219 28322 22202 15415 6289 2822 1564 190213 13322 0 223842 Elections in Luxembourg, Nohlen & StöverDieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p2051 978-3-8329-5609-7 By locality thumb|right|The CSV won a landslide victory, winning pluralities in 112 of Luxembourg's 116 communes, with the LSAP winning pluralities in four. As in 2004, the CSV won pluralities in each of Luxembourg's four circonscriptions, and pluralities in nearly all of Luxembourg's communes. Only four communes didn't register pluralities for the CSV (down from seven in 2004). Wiltz in the north and Dudelange, Kayl, and Rumelange in the southern Red Lands voted for the LSAP. The CSV's performance improved most markedly in Centre, where it increased its vote from 35.5% to 38.6%. In Centre, the CSV received almost twice as many votes as the Democratic Party in, only ten years after the DP won a plurality by over 2%. It gained one extra seat in Centre, and another in Est. Votes by constituency ConstituencyCSVLSAPDPGréngADRLénkKPLBLCentre390,057 38.6180,196 17.8196,469 19.4133,490 13.263,790 6.335,411 3.511,037 1.1 – –East72,030 41.528,183 16.226,791 15.424,577 14.216,510 9.53,911 2.31,685 1.0 – –North114,658 39.650,408 17.452,653 18.231,223 10.829,710 10.35,785 2.02,836 1.02,286 0.8South552623 35.6437,043 28.2156,907 10.1158,098 10.2122,734 7.964,077 4.133,550 2.226,226 1.7 Seats by constituency ConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonCSVLSAPDPGréngADRLénkCentre 2194431East 74111North 941211South 23972221 Aftermath The CSV's large margin of victory guaranteed that it would form the government once again, with Jean-Claude Juncker appointed as formateur and likely to remain as Prime Minister. Before the election, Juncker, Europe's longest-serving head of government, had told his party that he intended to step down as Minister for Finances, to be replaced by Luc Frieden.Juncker précise qu'il ne souhaite pas quitter la présidence de l'Eurogroupe http://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2009/06/04/jean-claude-juncker-va-quitter-la-presidence-de-l-eurogroupe_1202101_3214.html Le Monde 4 June 2009 June 10, 2009 fr This brought into question his chairmanship of the Europe-wide Eurogroup, which he had chaired since 2005. However, he has since stated that he would remain in charge of monetary policy and relations with the European Central Bank.ECOFIN: EU's Juncker Wants To Remain Head of Eurogroup https://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090608-707805.html The Wall Street Journal 8 June 2009 June 10, 2009 September 2010 RjwilmsiBot The CSV was in a strong enough position to form a coalition with any one of three parties: LSAP (partner in the Juncker-Asselborn Ministry I), the DP (partner in the Juncker-Polfer Ministry), and the Greens (who had never previously entered the government). However, the DP and Greens had both ruled out the possibility of a coalition with the CSV, leaving only the previous coalition partners, LSAP, in the running.Marc Glesener DP und Déi Gréng sagen Nein http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/26092/regierung-vorerst-weiter-im-amt.php Luxemburger Wort 9 June 2009 June 13, 2009 de dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090612045835/http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/letzebuerg/artikel/26092/regierung-vorerst-weiter-im-amt.php 12 June 2009 The CSV and LSAP formed a coalition agreement, with Juncker as Prime Minister and Jean Asselborn as Deputy Prime Minister, with the new government forming on 23 July. Notes References Luxembourg Category:2009 in Luxembourg Category:General elections in Luxembourg Category:June 2009 in Europe