Luxembourgian legislative election, 1989

Legislative elections were held in Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

on 18 June 1989. Voters elected all 60 members of the Grand Duchy's unicameral

Unicameralism

In government, unicameralism is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Thus, a unicameral parliament or unicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of one chamber or house...

national legislature

Legislature

A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...

, the Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg

The Chamber of Deputies , abbreviated to the Chamber, is the unicameral national legislature of Luxembourg. 'Krautmaart' is sometimes used as a metonym for the Chamber, after the square on which the Hôtel de la Chambre is located....

Results

Party		% vote	Change	Seats	Change
	Christian Social People's Party Christian Social People's Party The Christian Social People's Party , abbreviated to CSV or PCS, is the largest political party in Luxembourg. The party follows a Christian Democratic and conservative ideology and, like most parties in Luxembourg, it is strongly pro-European... (CSV)	32.4	-2.4	22	-3
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party The Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party , abbreviated to LSAP or POSL, is a social democratic political party in Luxembourg.The LSAP is the second-largest party in the Chamber of Deputies, having won 13 of 60 seats at the 2009 election, and has one seat in the European Parliament... (LSAP)	26.2	-7.6	18	-3
	Democratic Party Democratic Party (Luxembourg) The Democratic Party , abbreviated to DP, is the major liberal political party in Luxembourg. One of the three major parties, the DP sits on the centre-right, holding moderate market liberal views combined with a strong emphasis on civil liberties, human rights, and internationalism.Founded in... (DP)	17.2	-1.5	11	-3
	Action Committee 5/6 Pensions for Everyone	7.9	N/A	4	N/A
	Green List Ecological Initiative (GLEI)	3.7	N/A	2	N/A
	Green Alternative Party (GAP)	3.7	N/A	2	N/A
	Communist Party Communist Party of Luxembourg The Communist Party of Luxembourg , abbreviated to KPL or PCL, is a communist political party in Luxembourg.Ali Ruckert is the current chairman of the party.- History :... (KPL)	4.4	-0.5	1	-1
	National Movement National Movement (Luxembourg) The National Movement was a far-right political party in Luxembourg.The National Movement rose to prominence as a result of the legislative and European elections in 1989, when under the leadership of Pierre Peters. In the European elections, it recorded 2.9% of the vote nation-wide.The last...	2.3	N/A	0	N/A
	Ecologists for the North	1.1	N/A	0	N/A
	Others	1.1	N/A	0	N/A
Total		100	0	60	-4
Source: Mackie, Thomas T.: "General elections in western nations in 1989", European Journal of Political Research European Journal of Political Research The European Journal of Political Research is a major journal of European political science sponsored by the European Consortium for Political Research. In 2008 it was ranked by the Institute for Scientific Information 2nd out of 99 political science journals for its Impact Factor of 2.514It is... 19(1): 157-162.

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