1979 Luxembourg general election

none Luxembourg 1974 1984 10 June 1979 1979 Luxembourg general election 59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 30 88.85% ( 1.29 pp) no Christian Social People's Party Jacques Santer 34.51 24 18 Democratic Party (Luxembourg) Gaston Thorn 21.32 15 14 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Lydie Schmit 24.26 14 17 PSD Social Democratic Party (Luxembourg) Henry Cravatte 5.98 2 5 Communist Party of Luxembourg 5.83 2 5 Enrôlés de Force 4.45 1 new PSI Independent Socialist Party (Luxembourg) Jean Gremling 2.20 1 new 1979 Luxembourg election percentages.svg Most voted-for party by municipality Prime Minister Gaston Thorn DP Pierre Werner CSV General elections were held in Luxembourg on 10 June 1979.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 24 of the 59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.Nohlen & Stöver, p1262 After spending the previous four years in opposition, it returned to government in coalition with the Democratic Party, resulting in the Werner-Thorn Ministry.Nohlen & Stöver, p1236 Results File:1979 Luxembourg election.svg Christian Social People's Party 1049390 24 +6 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 737863 14 –3 Democratic Party 648404 15 +1 Social Democratic Party 181805 2 –3 Communist Party of Luxembourg 177286 2 –3 Enrôlés de Force 135360 1 New Independent Socialist Party 66909 1 New Alternative List - Wiert Iech 30269 0 New red Liberal Party 6133 0 0 Revolutionary Community League 6985 0 0 Club of Independents 849 0 New 175808 13101 0 212614 Nohlen & Stöver, Global Elections Database References Category:General elections in Luxembourg Luxembourg Legislative election, 1979 Category:History of Luxembourg (1945–present) Luxembourg