2004 Luxembourgian Legislative Election
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on 13 June 2004,
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& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1244
alongside
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. The ruling
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(CSV) of
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won the election, increasing its number of seats to its highest since before
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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
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(DP), which lost 5 seats, to the
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(LSAP), which gained one seat.
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also slightly increased their representation, whilst the
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(ADR) lost ground. The election coincided with the
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Candidates


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
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(of 7.4%) and Centre generally (7.5%), wiping out the DP's advantage and winning 2 deputies in that circonscription alone. The CSV's vote remaining roughly constant across all circonscriptions (in all cases between 35.5% and 38.6%): The CSV won pluralities across almost all of the country, winning more votes than any other party in 111 of the country's (then) 118
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. The LSAP won pluralities in five communes in the industrial
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Differdange Differdange ( lb, Déifferdeng or (locally) ; german: Differdingen) is a commune with town status in south-western Luxembourg, west from the country's capital. It lies near the borders with Belgium and France and it is located in the canton of ...
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Dudelange Dudelange (; lb, Diddeleng , german: Düdelingen) is a commune with town status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 19,734 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with France. , the town of Dudela ...
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Kayl Kayl ( lb, Keel or (locally) ) is a commune and town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette, which is part of the district of Luxembourg. , the town of Kayl, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a po ...
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Rumelange Rumelange ( lb, Rëmeleng ; german: Rümelingen) is a Communes of Luxembourg, commune with List of towns in Luxembourg, town status in south-western Luxembourg, on the border with France. Populated places The commune consists of the following vil ...
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Schifflange Schifflange ( lb, Schëffleng , german: Schifflingen) is a commune and town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Esch-sur-Alzette. , the town of Schifflange, which lies in the west of the commune, has a population of 9,332. S ...
. The DP won the northern communes of
Schieren Schieren is a commune and town in central Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Diekirch. The town of Schieren, which lies in the west of the commune, has a population of . Schieren is served by a railway station. Schieren was formed on 1 July ...
and
Préizerdaul Préizerdaul () is a commune in western Luxembourg, in the canton of Redange. Until 17 July 2001, it was known as Bettborn, after its administrative centre. Préizerdaul was the first commune to change its name since before the First World War; ...
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References

{{Luxembourgian elections Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg) elections
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