1984 Luxembourg general election

1984 Luxembourg general election

17 June 1984
All 64 seats in the Chamber of Deputies 33 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jacques Santer Jacques Poos Colette Flesch Party CSV LSAP DP Last election 24 seats, 36.4 14 seats, 22.5% 15 seats, 21.9% Seats won 25 21 14 Seat change 1 7 1 Popular vote 1,148,085 1,104,740 614,627 Percentage 36.7% 31.8% 20.4% Swing 0.3% 5.6% 1.5%
Prime Minister before election Pierre Werner CSV Prime Minister Jacques Santer CSV

General elections were held in Luxembourg on 17 June 1984. The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 25 of the 64 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. It formed a coalition government with the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, the Santer-Poos government.

Results

Party		Votes	%[a]	Seats	+/–
style="background-color: Template:Christian Social People's Party/meta/color" |	Christian Social People's Party	1,148,085	36.7	25	+1
style="background-color: Template:Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" |	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	1,104,740	31.8	21	+7
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Luxembourg)/meta/color" |	Democratic Party	614,627	20.4	14	–1
style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of Luxembourg/meta/color" |	Communist Party of Luxembourg	165,960	4.4	2	0
style="background-color: Template:The Greens (Luxembourg)/meta/color" |	Green Alternative	169,862	4.2	2	New
	Independent Socialist Party	81,002	2.4	0	–1
	Others	6,686	0.2	0	–
Invalid/blank votes		11,657	–	–	–
Total		191,651	100	64	+5
Registered voters/turnout		215,792	88.8	–	–
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.

Popular Vote CSV   36.7% LSAP   31.8% DP   20.4% KPL   4.4% GA   4.2% OSP   2.4%