1959 Luxembourg general election

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1 February 1959

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52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
27 seats needed for a majority

	Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
CSV	Émile Reuter	36.91	21	−5
LSAP	Paul Wilwertz	34.92	17	0
DP	Eugène Schaus	18.45	11	+5
KPL		9.07	3	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Pierre Frieden CSV	Pierre Frieden CSV

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General elections were held in Luxembourg on 1 February 1959. The Christian Social People's Party remained the largest party, winning 21 of the 52 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.

Results



Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Christian Social People's Party	896,840	36.91	21	–5
	Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party	848,523	34.92	17	0
	Democratic Party	448,387	18.45	11	+5
	Communist Party of Luxembourg	220,425	9.07	3	0
	National Solidarity	15,821	0.65	0	New
Total		2,429,996	100.00	52	0

Valid votes		165,596	95.26
Invalid/blank votes		8,240	4.74
Total votes		173,836	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		188,286	92.33
Source: Nohlen & Stöver

Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1244 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
Nohlen & Stöver, p1261

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