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General elections were held in Luxembourg on 26 May 1974.[1] The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 18 of the 59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] However, it went into opposition as the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party and Democratic Party formed a coalition government under prime minister Gaston Thorn.
Results
| Party | Votes | %[a] | Seats | +/– | |
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| Christian Social People's Party | 836,990 | 29.9 | 18 | –3 | |
| Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party | 875,881 | 27.0 | 17 | –1 | |
| Democratic Party | 668,043 | 23.3 | 14 | +3 | |
| Social Democratic Party | 276,495 | 10.1 | 5 | New | |
| Communist Party of Luxembourg | 314,635 | 8.8 | 5 | –1 | |
| Liberal Party | 18,502 | 0.6 | 0 | New | |
| Others | 14,692 | 0.4 | 0 | – | |
| Total | 3,005,238 | 100 | 59 | +3 | |
| Valid votes | 175,376 | 94.5 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 10,151 | 5.5 | |||
| Total | 185,527 | 100 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 205,817 | 90.1 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | |||||
a The percentage of votes is not related to the number of votes in the table, as voters could cast more votes in some constituencies than others, and is instead calculated based on the proportion of votes received in each constituency.[3]
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1262
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p1254