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Luxembourg 2018 general election

What was the result of the 2018 general election in Luxembourg?

Christian Social People's Party won 21 of 60 seats with 27.1% of the vote. 89.7% 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 60 seats with 27.1% of the vote; 89.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, down 1.7 points on 2013.

  • Christian Social People's Party 21 −2 seats 27.1% −6.6 points
  • Democratic Party 12 −1 seat 16.4% −1.9 points
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 10 −3 seats 15.7% −4.6 points
  • The Greens 9 +3 seats 14.1% +4.0 points
  • Action Committee Pensions / Alternative Democratic Reform Party 4 +1 seat 8.0% +1.4 points
  • Pirate Party Luxembourg 2 +2 seats 6.2% +3.3 points
  • The Left 2 0 seats 4.7% −0.2 points
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg 0 0 seats 1.1% −0.6 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 2013 general election, party by party.

31 of 60 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 27.1%

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

    Christian Social People's Party won 21 of 60 seats. A majority needs 31.

  2. +3 seats

    Seats gained by The Greens

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2013. Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party lost 3 seats.

  3. 89.7%

    Voter turnout

    Down 1.7 points on 2013.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Social People's Party21−227.1−6.658,538
Democratic Party12−116.4−1.935,454
Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party10−315.7−4.633,981
The Greens9+314.1+4.030,487
Action Committee Pensions / Alternative Democratic Reform Party4+18.0+1.417,336
Pirate Party Luxembourg2+26.2+3.313,394
The Left204.7−0.210,208
Communist Party of Luxembourg001.1−0.62,311

± is the change against the Luxembourg 2013 general election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Christian Social People's Party 58,538
  • Democratic Party 35,454
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party 33,981
  • The Greens 30,487
  • Action Committee Pensions / Alternative Democratic Reform Party 17,336
  • Pirate Party Luxembourg 13,394
  • The Left 10,208
  • Communist Party of Luxembourg 2,311

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?

89.7% of the 259,887 registered voters cast a ballot (233,014 ballots), down 1.7 points on 2013. 216,177 of them were valid votes. The lowest turnout since 1999 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Christian Social People's Party27.1% of votes35.0% of seats
  • Democratic Party16.4% of votes20.0% of seats
  • Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party15.7% of votes16.7% of seats
  • The Greens14.1% of votes15.0% of seats
  • Action Committee Pensions / Alternative Democratic Reform Party8.0% of votes6.7% of seats
  • Pirate Party Luxembourg6.2% of votes3.3% of seats
  • The Left4.7% of votes3.3% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 6.4 by votes and 4.6 by seats; Christian Social People's Party led Democratic Party by 10.7 points of the vote.

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