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Luxembourg 1989 European Parliament election

What was the result of the 1989 European Parliament election in Luxembourg?

Christian Social People's Party won 3 of 6 seats with 34.9% of the vote. 87.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Luxembourg
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

Final results from ParlGov, read : Christian Social People's Party won 3 of 6 seats with 34.9% of the vote; 87.4% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.4 points on 1984.

  • Christian Social People's Party 3 0 seats 34.9% 0.0 points
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 2 0 seats 25.4% −4.5 points
  • Democratic Party 1 0 seats 20.0% −2.1 points
  • The Greens 0 6.1%
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg 0 0 seats 4.7% +0.6 points
  • The Greens 0 0 seats 4.3% −1.8 points
  • National Movement 0 2.9%
  • 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 1984 European Parliament election, party by party.

Key numbers

  1. 34.9%

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

    It led Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party by 9.5 points of the vote.

  2. +0.6 points

    Share of the vote gained by Communist Party of Luxembourg

    The largest gain in votes compared with 1984. Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party lost 4.5 points.

  3. 87.4%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.4 points on 1984.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Social People's Party3034.90.0346,621
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party2025.4−4.5252,920
Democratic Party1020.0−2.1198,254
The Greens06.161,054
Communist Party of Luxembourg004.7+0.646,785
The Greens004.3−1.842,926
National Movement02.928,885

± is the change against the Luxembourg 1984 European Parliament election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Christian Social People's Party 346,621
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 252,920
  • Democratic Party 198,254
  • The Greens 61,054
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg 46,785
  • The Greens 42,926
  • National Movement 28,885

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?

87.4% of the 218,940 registered voters cast a ballot (191,342 ballots), down 1.4 points on 1984. 174,471 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Christian Social People's Party34.9% of votes50.0% of seats
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party25.4% of votes33.3% of seats
  • Democratic Party20.0% of votes16.7% of seats
  • The Greens6.1% of votes0.0% of seats
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg4.7% of votes0.0% of seats
  • The Greens4.3% of votes0.0% of seats
  • National Movement2.9% of votes0.0% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 13.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 4.3 by votes and 2.6 by seats; Christian Social People's Party led Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party by 9.5 points of the vote.

What else was on the same day?

Time and source Data as of