1964 Luxembourg general election
General elections were held in Luxembourg on 7 June 1964.[1] Despite receiving fewer votes than the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, the Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 22 of the 56 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[2]
Results
Party | Votes | %[a] | Seats | +/– | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
style="background-color: Template:Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party/meta/color" | | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party | 999,843 | 35.9 | 21 | +4 |
style="background-color: Template:Christian Social People's Party/meta/color" | | Christian Social People's Party | 883,079 | 35.7 | 22 | +1 |
style="background-color: Template:Democratic Party (Luxembourg)/meta/color" | | Democratic Party | 280,644 | 12.2 | 6 | –5 |
style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of Luxembourg/meta/color" | | Communist Party of Luxembourg | 330,909 | 10.4 | 5 | +2 |
Popular Independent Movement | 159,370 | 5.8 | 2 | New | |
Invalid/blank votes | 10,544 | – | – | – | |
Total | 173,702 | 100 | 56 | +4 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 191,788 | 90.6 | – | – | |
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