Country: | Luxembourg |
Previous Election: | 1974 |
Next Election: | 1984 |
Election Date: | 10 June 1979 |
Election Name: | 1979 Luxembourg general election |
Seats For Election: | 59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies |
Majority Seats: | 30 |
Ongoing: | no |
Party1: | Christian Social People's Party |
Leader1: | Jacques Santer |
Percentage1: | 34.51 |
Seats1: | 24 |
Last Election1: | 18 |
Party2: | Democratic Party (Luxembourg) |
Leader2: | Gaston Thorn |
Percentage2: | 21.32 |
Seats2: | 15 |
Last Election2: | 14 |
Party3: | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party |
Leader3: | Lydie Schmit |
Percentage3: | 24.26 |
Seats3: | 14 |
Last Election3: | 17 |
Party4: | PSD |
Leader4: | Henry Cravatte |
Percentage4: | 5.98 |
Seats4: | 2 |
Last Election4: | 5 |
Party5: | Communist Party of Luxembourg |
Percentage5: | 5.83 |
Seats5: | 2 |
Last Election5: | 5 |
Party6: | Enrôlés de Force |
Percentage6: | 4.45 |
Seats6: | 1 |
Last Election6: | new |
Party7: | PSI |
Leader7: | Jean Gremling |
Percentage7: | 2.20 |
Seats7: | 1 |
Last Election7: | new |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Gaston Thorn |
Before Party: | DP |
After Election: | Pierre Werner |
After Party: | CSV |
General elections were held in Luxembourg on 10 June 1979.[1] The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 24 of the 59 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.[2] After spending the previous four years in opposition, it returned to government in coalition with the Democratic Party, resulting in the Werner-Thorn Ministry.[3]