General elections were held in Luxembourg on 13 June 2004,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 alongside European Parliament elections. The ruling Christian Social People's Party (CSV) of Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker won the election, increasing its number of seats to its highest since before 1989 and its share of the vote to levels not seen since the 1959 election.
As expected, the CSV won a plurality of seats, adding 5 new deputies, and continued as the majority partner in the coalition government. However, the junior partner changed from the liberal Democratic Party (DP), which lost 5 seats, to the Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), which gained one seat. The Greens also slightly increased their representation, whilst the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) lost ground.
The election coincided with the 2004 European Parliament election.
Candidates List # Party Running in Existing seats Centre Est Nord Sud 1 Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) 7 2 Democratic Party (DP) 15 3 Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) 13 4 The Greens 5 5 Christian Social People's Party (CSV) 19 6 The Left 1 7 Communist Party (KPL) 0 8 Free Party (FPL) 0
Opinion polls Seat projections Publication date Source CSV LSAP DP DG ADR DL 3 April 2004 TNS-ILRES 22-23 13-15 9-10 7-8 6-7 0 29 Nov 2003 TNS-ILRES 22 15 9 8 6 0 7 June 2003 TNS-ILRES 20 15-16 11-12 6-7 6 1 13 June 1999 Election 19 13 15 5 7 1
Results
By locality The CSV won pluralities in all four districts; in the previous election, the Democratic Party had won a plurality in Centre. However, the CSV won a better-than-average increase in their vote share in Luxembourg City (of 7.4%) and Centre generally (7.5%), wiping out the DP's advantage and winning 2 deputies in that constituency alone. The CSV's vote remaining roughly constant across all constituencies (in all cases between 35.5% and 38.6%).
On the communal level, the CSV won pluralities in 111 of the country's (then) 118 communes. The LSAP won pluralities in five communes in the industrial Red Lands: Differdange, Dudelange, Kayl, Rumelange, Schifflange. The DP won the northern communes of Schieren and Préizerdaul.
Votes by constituency ConstituencyCSVLSAPDPGréngADRLénkKPLFPLCentre365,372 35.5193,327 18.8219,700 21.3140,547 13.681,233 7.920,451 2.08,887 0.9 – –East64,386 38.627,535 16.531,799 19.120,191 12.120,593 12.32,179 1.3 – – – –North100,922 36.343,819 15.856,246 20.230,294 10.940,991 14.73,725 1.3 – –1,916 0.7South574,950 35.6520,809 32.2153,122 9.5165,531 10.2136,503 8.436,868 2.327,058 1.7 – –
Seats by constituency ConstituencyTotalseatsSeats wonCSVLSAPDPGréngADRCentre 2184531East 731111North 941211South 2398222
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