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Luxembourg 1959 general election

What was the result of the 1959 general election in Luxembourg?

Christian Social People's Party won 21 of 52 seats with 36.9% of the vote. 92.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

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  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Social People's Party won 21 of 52 seats with 36.9% of the vote; 92.3% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 0.3 points on 1954.

  • Christian Social People's Party 21 −5 seats 36.9% −5.5 points
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 17 0 seats 34.9% −0.2 points
  • Democratic Party 11 +5 seats 18.4% +7.7 points
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg 3 0 seats 9.1% +0.2 points
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Luxembourg 1954 general election, party by party.

27 of 52 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 36.9%

    Share of the vote won by Christian Social People's Party

    Christian Social People's Party won 21 of 52 seats. A majority needs 27.

  2. +5 seats

    Seats gained by Democratic Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1954. Christian Social People's Party lost 5 seats.

  3. 92.3%

    Voter turnout

    Down 0.3 points on 1954.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Social People's Party21−536.9−5.5896,840
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party17034.9−0.2848,523
Democratic Party11+518.4+7.7448,387
Communist Party of Luxembourg309.1+0.2220,425
Largest party without seats00.715,821

± is the change against the Luxembourg 1954 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Christian Social People's Party 896,840
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 848,523
  • Democratic Party 448,387
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg 220,425
  • Largest party without seats 15,821

ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.

How many people voted?

92.3% of the 188,286 registered voters cast a ballot (173,836 ballots), down 0.3 points on 1954. 165,596 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Christian Social People's Party36.9% of votes40.4% of seats
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party34.9% of votes32.7% of seats
  • Democratic Party18.4% of votes21.2% of seats
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg9.1% of votes5.8% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 4.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 3.1 by seats; Christian Social People's Party led Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party by 2.0 points of the vote.

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