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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held inLuxembourg on 7 June 2009, together with the2009 election to theEuropean Parliament. All sixty members of theChamber of Deputies were elected for five years. The polls were topped by theChristian Social People's Party, which built upon its already high number of seats to achieve a commanding victory, with the highest vote share and number of seats of any party since1954. Incumbent prime ministerJean-Claude Juncker, who was the longest-serving head of government in theEuropean Union, renewed the coalition agreement with Deputy Prime Minister andLuxembourg Socialist Workers' Party leaderJean Asselborn and formed theJuncker–Asselborn II Government, which was sworn in on 23 July 2009.
Seven parties ran candidates in all fourcirconscriptions, of which, five were already represented in the Chamber of Deputies: theChristian Social People's Party (CSV), theLuxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP), theDemocratic Party (DP),the Greens, and theAlternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR). Two parties that were not then represented also ran:The Left[1] and theCommunist Party (KPL). In addition, theCitizens' List, which was headed by currentindependent deputyAly Jaerling, ran in two constituencies.
| List # | Party | Running in | Seats | |||||
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| Centre | Est | Nord | Sud | 2004 | Pre-election | |||
| 1 | Communist Party (KPL) |  | | | | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Greens | | | | | 7 | 7 | |
| 3 | Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) | | | | | 5 | 4[2] | |
| 4 | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party (LSAP) | | | | | 14 | 14 | |
| 5 | Democratic Party (DP) | | | | | 10 | 10 | |
| 6 | The Left | | | | | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Christian Social People's Party (CSV) | | | | | 24 | 24 | |
| 8 | Citizens' List |  | | | | 0 | 1[2] | |
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Christian Social People's Party | 1,129,368 | 37.34 | 26 | +2 | |
| Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party | 695,830 | 23.00 | 13 | –1 | |
| Democratic Party | 432,820 | 14.31 | 9 | –1 | |
| The Greens | 347,388 | 11.48 | 7 | 0 | |
| Alternative Democratic Reform Party | 232,744 | 7.69 | 4 | –1 | |
| The Left | 109,184 | 3.61 | 1 | +1 | |
| Communist Party of Luxembourg | 49,108 | 1.62 | 0 | 0 | |
| Citizens' List | 28,512 | 0.94 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 3,024,954 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 190,213 | 93.45 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 13,322 | 6.55 | |||
| Total votes | 203,535 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 223,842 | 90.93 | |||
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver[3] | |||||
As in 2004, the CSV won pluralities in each of Luxembourg's four circonscriptions, and pluralities in nearly all of Luxembourg'scommunes. Only four communes didn't register pluralities for the CSV (down from seven in 2004).Wiltz in the north andDudelange,Kayl, andRumelange in the southernRed Lands voted for the LSAP.
The CSV's performance improved most markedly inCentre, where it increased its vote from 35.5% to 38.6%. In Centre, the CSV received almost twice as many votes as the Democratic Party in, only ten years after the DP won a plurality by over 2%. It gained one extra seat in Centre, and another inEst.
| CSV | LSAP | DP | Greens | ADR | Left | KPL | BL | |
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| Centre | 38.6% | 17.8% | 19.4% | 13.2% | 6.3% | 3.5% | 1.1% | 0.0% |
| Est | 41.5% | 16.2% | 15.4% | 14.2% | 9.5% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Nord | 39.6% | 17.4% | 18.2% | 10.8% | 10.3% | 2.0% | 1.0% | 0.8% |
| Sud | 35.6% | 28.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% | 7.9% | 4.1% | 2.2% | 1.7% |
The CSV's large margin of victory guaranteed that it would form the government once again, withJean-Claude Juncker appointed asformateur and likely to remain asPrime Minister. Before the election, Juncker, Europe's longest-servinghead of government, had told his party that he intended to step down asMinister for Finances, to be replaced byLuc Frieden.[4] This brought into question his chairmanship of the Europe-wideEurogroup, which he had chaired since 2005. However, he has since stated that he would remain in charge ofmonetary policy and relations with theEuropean Central Bank.[5]
The CSV was in a strong enough position to form a coalition with any one of three parties: LSAP (partner in theJuncker-Asselborn Ministry I), the DP (partner in theJuncker-Polfer Ministry), and the Greens (who had never previously entered the government). However, the DP and Greens had both ruled out the possibility of a coalition with the CSV, leaving only the previous coalition partners, LSAP, in the running.[6] The CSV and LSAP formed a coalition agreement, with Juncker as Prime Minister and Jean Asselborn asDeputy Prime Minister, with the new government forming on 23 July.
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