Luxembourgian legislative election, 2009

Luxembourgish legislative election, 2009

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All 60 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 31 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean-Claude Juncker Jean Asselborn Claude Meisch Party CSV LSAP DP Last election 24 seats, 36.1% 14 seats, 23.4% 10 seats, 16.1% Seats won 26 13 9 Seat change +2 -1 -1 Popular vote 1,129,368 695,830 432,820 Percentage 38.04% 21.56% 14.98% Swing +1.9% −1.8% −1.1%

Prime Minister before election Jean-Claude Juncker CSV Prime Minister-designate Jean-Claude Juncker CSV

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Legislative 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.

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 Left 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)					0	0
2		Greens					7	7
3		Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR)					5	4
4		Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP)					14	14
5		Democratic Party (DP)					10	10
6		The Left					0	0
7		Christian Social People's Party (CSV)					24	24
8		Citizens' List					0	1

Results

Overall results

 Summary of the results of the 7 June 2009 election to the Chamber of Deputies

Party		Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Social People's Party	1,129,368	38.0	+1.9	26	+2
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	695,830	21.5	–1.9	13	–1
	Democratic Party	432,820	15.0	–1.1	9	–1
	The Greens	347,388	11.7	+0.1	7	0
	Alternative Democratic Reform Party	232,744	8.1	–1.9	4	–1
	The Left	109,184	3.3	+1.4	1	+1
	Communist Party	49,108	1.4	+0.5	0	–
	Citizens' List	28,512	0.8	–	0	New
Invalid/blank votes		13,322	–	–	–	–
Total		203,535	100	–	60	0
Registered voters/turnout		223,842	90.9	–	–	–
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.

Results by locality

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.

	CSV	LSAP	DP	Greens	ADR	Left	KPL	BL
Centre	38.6%	17.8%	19.4%	13.2%	6.3%	3.5%	1.1%	0.0%
Est	41.5%	16.2%	15.4%	14.2%	9.5%	2.3%	1.0%	0.0%
Nord	39.6%	17.4%	18.2%	10.8%	10.3%	2.0%	1.0%	0.8%
Sud	35.6%	28.2%	10.1%	10.2%	7.9%	4.1%	2.2%	1.7%

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. 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.

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 have never entered the government). However, the DP and Greens have both ruled out the possibility of a coalition with the CSV, leaving only the previous coalition partners, LSAP, in the running. 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.